title: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. A review of the rewards and indications.
abstract: Indications for endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) have been poorly defined. We studied the symptoms in 161 patients who underwent ERCP and evaluated the results from four groups of indications: cholestasis, pancreatitis, suspected carcinoma of the pancreas, and pain of unknown etiology. The likelihood of finding abnormalities is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000208:Acute Disease; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*