title: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatography: a case report.
abstract: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatography was performed on a 48-year-old man with a diagnosis of pancreatic stone. A pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy had been performed previously on this patient, approximately two years earlier, following the diagnosis of a tumor-forming pancreatitis. Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography and conventional ultrasound-guided percutaneous pancreatography had failed to yield a diagnosis. However, endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatography was performed successfully, delineating the pancreatic duct and a filling defect caused by intraductal calculi. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatography will be a potential alternative in cases when endoscopic retrograde pancreatography has failed or proved non-diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouzu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isono
mesh_terms: D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional