Open AccessImportance of early diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary maljunction without biliary dilatation
Author(s) -
Kensuke Takuma,
Terumi Kamisawa,
Taku Tabata,
Seiichi Hara,
Sawako Kuruma,
Yoshihiko Inaba,
Masahiro Kurata,
Goro Honda,
Koji Takada,
Shinichiro Horiguchi,
Yoshinori Igarashi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3409
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , gallbladder cancer , gastroenterology , bile duct , cholecystectomy , common bile duct , sphincter of oddi , bile duct cancer , adenomyomatosis , radiology , pancreatitis
To clarify the strategy for early diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) without biliary dilatation and to pathologically examine gallbladder before cancer develops.