title: The successful use of peroral cholangioscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of the biliary tract lesions and giant bile duct stones in a 76-year-old man.
abstract: We encountered a case in whom peroral cholangioscopy was useful for the diagnosis and treatment of irregular biliary tract mucosa and giant bile duct stones. Peroral cholangioscopy seems to improve the diagnosis of biliary tract diseases and allow internal treatment. The proper diagnosis of biliary tract diseases may be further confirmed by the concomitant use of narrow band imaging and this endoscopic technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan. sakai4754@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuyuguchi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Harutoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eto
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yokosuka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000473:pathology*; D002758:Cholangiography; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology