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The role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the preoperative assessment of anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction was retrospectively evaluated in 74 consecutive patients (19 males and 55 females; aged 0–80 years). Sixty-three patients had congenital biliary dilatation and 11 did not. Type classification of congenital biliary dilatation was possible by ERCP alone in 45 patients (71%). The main causes of classification failure were previous bilio-enteric anastomosis and restriction of postural changes during ERCP due to general anesthesia in pediatric patients. Classification of anomalous junction was possible in 69 patients (93%). Technical difficulty in ERCP caused classification failure in 5 patients. Neoplastic lesions were found in 12 patients (16%) and all but 1 were correctly diagnosed by ERCP. We conclude that ERCP plays an important role in the preoperative diagnosis and type classification of anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction and congenital biliary dilatation.
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Yokohata, K., Kimura, H., Naritomi, G. et al. Type classification of anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction by ERCP. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 1, 236–239 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391073
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