At ERCP, the major papilla was normal. ... Massachusetts) was passed into the biliary tree. A 5-French catheter could not be advanced over the wire across the tight stricture.

Endosonography-guided biliary drainage is a new ... for decompression of the biliary tree, in a patient with cancer of the papilla of Vater ... risk of major bleeding as color Doppler ...

"Enlarged bile ducts or dilated bile ducts are typically caused by a biliary tree obstruction, which can be caused by stones, tumours (usually of the papilla of Vater or the pancreas), benign ...

Metal mesh biliary stents are said to occlude less frequently than plastic stents. However, they are not immune to occlusion, either from biliary sludge, epithelialization, or tumor ingrowth ...

The latter include extremely large (4- to 5-cm) lesions, an ulcerated papilla, ... Figure 2. Arrow delineates adenoma and copious air in biliary tree. Figure 3.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a medical technique that is used primarily to investigate and treat pathologies involving the biliary tree and pancreatic ducts. Image ...