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7431684

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
We used Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in 77 patient in whom oral cholecystography failed to visualize the gallbladder. ERCP did not visualize the gallbladder in 42%, and poorly visualized it in 58%, however, there was no significant difference in the disease distribution between non- and poorly visualized cases. 63 of the 77 patients underwent surgery. In cases postoperatively diagnosed as gallbladder carcinoma, the prognosis was better in poorly than in non-visualized gallbladder cases. Non- or poor visualization by ERCP in operated cases was due to gallstones in 71%, to common duct stones with intrahepatic calculi in 22%, and to malignant tumors in 17.5%. Our findings suggest that non-visualization of the gallbladder by ERCP should alert the diagnostician to the possibility of malignancy, especially in patients over 50 years of age.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0047-1909
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Study on cases of nonvisualized cholecystogram by the use of ERCP.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article