Common presenting symptoms and signs included abdominal pain in 97%, abnormal liver function test(s) in 66%, and a history of acute or recurrent pancreatitis in 46%. A bulge was visible above the papilla in 88%, with a dilated common bile duct in 54% and a dilated pancreatic duct in ...
Yield of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)in patients with dilated common bile duct (CBD)and or pancreatic duct (PD) with normal liver function tests (LFTS)and cross- sectional imagingIntroduction The finding of dilated CBD or PD or both (double duct sign) on abdominal cross-sectional imaging (CT ...
Bile ductCurrent methods for imaging the biliary tree include ultrasound, CT, MRI, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Bile duct abnormalities may be identified during evaluation of patient symptoms or laboratory abnormalities, or incidentally during imaging for another ...