title: Anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction demonstrated by extraductal ultrasonography using transduodenoscopic miniprobe.
abstract: We present a case of an anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction (a long common channel) that was clearly demonstrated by extraductal ultrasonography with a transduodenoscopic miniprobe placed in the duodenal lumen. The present case suggests a potential indication for the ultrasound miniprobe, in extraductal ultrasonography, in the pancreatobiliary region. In this method, the position of a miniprobe can readily be adjusted under endoscopic guidance, unlike ordinary endoscopic ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumisato
authors.forename: G-Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Atomi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging