Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the diagnosis of cystic duct syndrome.
The use of ERCP to identify cystic duct syndrome is reported for the first time herein. Nine patients with obscure biliary colic were further investigated with fat meal or CCK, cholecystogram or ERCP, or both, to identify the partial obstruction in the cystic duct. Cholecystectomy is curative in this disease. Because about one-third of the patients with disease of the gastrointestinal or biliary tracts or pancreas have two of these diseases simultaneously, it is essential that a thorough evaluation both preoperatively and at operation be performed so that a single well designed operation can be performed. ERCP has been helpful in defining the nature and extent of this disease.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002765:Cholecystography; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003085:Colic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003549:Cystic Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome
D002766:Cholecystokinin