title: Relationship of the carcinoma of bile ducts to cholelithiasis.
abstract: Thirty-eight patients with carcinoma of the bile ducts were studied by PTC and ERCP. These instrumental procedures permit at present a precise and complete diagnosis. In 22 cases (57.9%) the association of a lithiasis was evidenced. The application of a percutaneous transhepatic drainage after PTC in cases of stricture furtherly supports the diagnostic accuracy by the cytologic examination and culture of the bile collected from drainages.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile / Q000166:cytology; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002758:Cholangiography; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged