Endoscopic Biliary Drainage Using Guidewire Cannulation in a Case with Severe Duodenal Stenosis Caused by Duodenal Undifferentiated Carcinoma

We present a case of duodenal carcinoma, 12 cm in size, with severe stenosis at the second portion of the duodenum. When the patient developed obstructive jaundice, it was impossible to perform endoscopic biliary drainage by standard cannulation due to the stenosis, but was succeeded by wire-guided...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Matsubayashi, Naomi Kakushima, Yusuke Onozawa, Keiko Sasaki, Katsuhiko Uesaka, Hiroyuki Ono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2010-02-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/254613