ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Diagnostic Process Using Endoscopy for Biliary Strictures: A Narrative Review.
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- Clinical Outcome of Endoscopic Transpapillary Drainage for Biliary Obstruction Due to Non-Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer: A Two-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
- Assessing the Feasibility and Diagnostic Value of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy Biopsy for Biliary Strictures.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of cholangioscopy guided biopsy versus ERCP guided brushings in diagnosing malignant biliary strictures.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Contribution of the EyeMAX™ 11Fr (Micro-Tech) digital single-operator cholangioscope with a wide working channel: a multicenter pilot study on the first French experiences.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Cholangioscopy with Spyglass DS using percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography access: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: A National Survey from the Korean Pancreatobiliary Association.Gut and liver · 2024Article
- Improved fluoroscopy-guided biopsies in the diagnosis of indeterminate biliary strictures: a multi-center retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Bile Duct Lithiasis Mimicking a Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma-An Endless Dilemma: A Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Percutaneous transhepatic intraluminal forceps biopsy for patients with biliary stricture after endoscopic retrograde approach failure: a retrospective study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- The Role of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Cholangiocarcinoma: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2022Review
- Biliary Tree Diagnostics: Advances in Endoscopic Imaging and Tissue Sampling.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Peroral Cholangioscopy-Guided Targeted Biopsy versus Conventional Endoscopic Transpapillary Forceps Biopsy for Biliary Stricture with Suspected Bile Duct Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Choledochoscopy: An update.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2021Review
- Current Status of Endoscopic Biliary Drainage in Patients with Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
The diagnostic process for biliary strictures remains challenging in some cases. A broad differential diagnosis exists for indeterminate biliary strictures, including benign or malignant lesions. The diagnosis of indeterminate biliary strictures requires a combination of physical examination, laboratory testing, imaging modalities, and endoscopic procedures. Despite the progress of less invasive imaging modalities such as transabdominal ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, endoscopy plays an essential role in the accurate diagnosis, including the histological diagnosis. Imaging findings and brush cytology and/or forceps biopsy under fluoroscopic guidance with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are widely used as the gold standard for the diagnosis of biliary strictures. However, ERCP cannot provide an intraluminal view of the biliary lesion, and its outcomes are not satisfactory. Recently, peroral cholangioscopy, confocal laser endomicroscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration have been reported as useful for indeterminate biliary strictures. Appropriate endoscopic modalities need to be selected according to the patient's condition, the lesion, and the expertise of the endoscopist. The aim of this review article is to discuss the diagnostic process for indeterminate biliary strictures using endoscopy.
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