Characterization of dominant bile duct stenoses in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis using cholangioscopy
JJW Tischendorf, M Krüger, C Trautwein, A Schneider, N Duckstein, MP Manns, PN Meier · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2006 · Heft 04
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Background & Aims: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is associated with the development of cholangiocarcinoma (CC) in around 9% of patients. Cholangiography or endoscopic tissue sampling does not reliably allow to distinguish CC from a benign dominant bile duct stenosis. The aim of the present study was to assess the value of cholangioscopy in discriminating between benign and malignant dominant stenoses in PSC patients. Patients & Methods: Fifty-three PSC patients with dominant bile duct stenoses were prospectively studied. Transpapillary cholangioscopy and endoscopic tissue sampling were performed in additi…
