Diagnostic yield of brush cytology for biliary stenosis during ERCP Rentabilidad diagnóstica de la citología por cepillado de las estenosis biliares durante la CPRE

Diagnostic yield of brush cytology for biliary stenosis during ERCP Rentabilidad diagnóstica de la citología por cepillado de las estenosis biliares durante la CPRE

Aim: to evaluate the diagnostic yield of brush cytology for biliary strictures detected on ERCP when a systematic approach is used. Patients and methods: data on 62 consecutive patients with a biliary stricture on ERCP were collected. Cytological samples were processed immediately after brushing in...

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Main Authors: R. Temiño López-Jurado, G. Cacho Acosta, M. Argüelles Pintos, G. Rodríguez Caravaca, J. L. Lledó Navarro, C. Fernández Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2009-06-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
Subjects:
Estenosis
Citología
Colangiopancreatografía retrógrada endoscópica (CPRE)
Citología por cepillado
Stenosis
Stricture
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)
Brush cytology
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