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Volume 137, Issue 2, Pages e7-e8 (August 2009)


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Endoscopic Ultrasound in CBD Stone

Malay Sharma, MD, DM, Amit Pathak, MBBS, DMRD, Yasha Sharma, BE

published online 29 June 2009.

Question: A 40-year-old woman complained of recurrent episodes of right upper quadrant pain. Liver function tests were normal. An abdominal ultrasound revealed a dilated common bile duct (CBD). Computed tomography (CT) confirmed the dilatation of CBD without any intrahepatic bile duct dilatation. Gallbladder was normal. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography also revealed a dilated CBD. An endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examination was performed with EG3630 UR Pentax echogastroscope (Figure A). What is the diagnosis?


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Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Meerut, India

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

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PII: S0016-5085(09)00163-2

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.059


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