Diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasonography for a dilation of the common bile duct of an indeterminate cause.
CONCLUSIONS: the majority of patients with a dilation of the CDB have a normal EUS. Increased cholestasis enzymes, increased TB and the presence of signs and symptoms are predictors of a positive EUS.
PMID: 31373506 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Rev Esp Enferm Dig Source Type: research
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