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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
We summarized past and present results concerning the observation capability of cholangiopancratoscopy using chromoendoscopy, autofluorescence imaging (AFI), and narrow-band imaging (NBI). New generation peroral and percutaneous transhepatic video cholangiopancreatoscopes provide superior quality images. Pilot studies suggest that chromoendocholangioscopy using methylene blue or cholangioscopy using AFI can distinguish benign from malignant bile duct lesions. On the other hand, the NBI system enhances the imaging of certain features such as mucosal structures and microvessels in pancreatobiliary lesions. In patients with main-duct-type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, peroral pancreatoscopy can be used to determine extent of tumor involvement. Although many technical hurdles still need to be overcome, image-enhanced cholangiopancratoscopy appears to be a promising modality to improve diagnostic accuracy of pancreatobiliary diseases, particularly in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1558-1950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
557-66
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic value of image-enhanced video cholangiopancreatoscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Medical University, Nishishinjuku 6-7-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. itoi@tokyo-med.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review