Biliary papillomatosis and new ultrasound imaging modalities
XW Cui, A Ignee, B Braden, M Woenckhaus, CF Dietrich · Endoskopie heute · 2012 · Heft 03
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Zusammenfassung
Biliary papillomatosis (BP) is a rare disorder of the biliary tract with a significant risk of malignant transformation and a high recurrence rate after operation due to the diffuse distribution of the disease. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult also by reasons of the low sensitivity and specificity of conventional ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) and positrone emission tomography (PET). Therefore, the introduction of new diagnostic imaging methods is of importance to improve the preoperative diagnosis of this originally as…