Tag: Biliary tract

Directional movement guide for digital single-operator cholangioscopy system

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Post written by Justin Ryan L. Tan, MD, from the Section of Gastroenterology, Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center, Manila, Philippines, and Weigang Gu, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China. Although cholangioscopy has undergone increasing therapeutic applications, standardized training remains a significant challenge. Our team has focused on simplifying device …

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Argon plasma coagulation treatment of intraductal papillary neoplasm of biliary tract

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Post written by Shyam Thakkar, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. An 86-year-old woman was referred for ascending cholangitis, resulting in obstructive jaundice and sepsis. Her initial MR cholangiopancreatography revealed dilated bile ducts without any mass or stone in the ductal system. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed soft filling defects …

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A rare case of biliary tract stenosis

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Claudio Zulli, MD, from the Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, NOCSAE Hospital, AUSL, Modena presents this video case. A 58-year-old man was referred to the Transplant Unit for an “urgent” orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) due to decompensated alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Abdominal ultrasound (US) and a CT-scan revealed a mild left intra-hepatic biliary duct dilation and an …

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