Incidentally identified common bile duct dilatation: a systematic review of evaluation, causes, and outcome

I Smith, K Monkemuller, CM Wilcox - Journal of clinical …, 2015‏ - journals.lww.com
Background: With the widespread use of abdominal imaging, an incidentally found dilated
common bile duct (CBD) is a common radiographic finding. The significance of a dilated …

Evaluation of diagnostic yield of EUS among patients with asymptomatic common bile duct dilation: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Chhoda, S Dawod, A Grimshaw, C Gunderson… - Gastrointestinal …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Background and Aims Common bile duct (CBD) dilation is a frequent indication for EUS.
Among asymptomatic individuals, biliary dilation may not be clinically significant; however …

Endoscopic ultrasound in common bile duct dilatation with normal liver enzymes

C De Angelis, M Marietti, M Bruno… - World journal of …, 2015‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, the description of isolated bile duct dilatation has been increasingly
observed in subjects with normal liver function tests and nonspecific abdominal symptoms …

Combining endoscopic ultrasound and tumor markers improves the diagnostic yield on the etiology of common bile duct dilation secondary to periampullary …

H Ding, P Zhou, M Xu, W Chen, Q Li… - Annals of …, 2019‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Unexplained common bile duct (CBD) dilatation may be caused by many
etiologies, such as periampullary tumors, a pancreatic neoplasm, choledocholithiasis or an …

[HTML][HTML] Incidental findings of gallbladder and bile ducts–Management strategies: Normal findings, anomalies,“silent gallstones” and bile duct dilatation-A World …

C Jenssen, CP Nolsøe, T Lorentzen, JY Lee… - WFUMB Ultrasound …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has started
a series of position papers highlighting the role of ultrasound techniques for diagnosis, risk …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasonography for common bile duct dilatation without identifiable etiology detected from cross-sectional imaging

N Pausawasdi, P Hongsrisuwan, L Kamani… - Clinical …, 2022‏ - synapse.koreamed.org
Methods Retrospective review of patients with dilated CBD without definite causes
undergoing EUS between 2012 and 2017. Results A total of 131 patients were recruited …

Clinical predictors of significant findings on EUS for the evaluation of incidental common bile duct dilation

Z Raza, O Altayar, T Mahmoud, R Abusaleh… - Gastrointestinal …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background and Aims Although EUS is highly accurate for the evaluation of common bile
duct (CBD) dilation, the yield of EUS in patients with incidental CBD dilation is unclear …

Ultrasound findings in paediatric cholestasis: how to image the patient and what to look for

M Di Serafino, M Gioioso, R Severino, F Esposito… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Springer
Paediatric biliary tract and gallbladder diseases include a variety of entities with a wide
range of clinical presentations. Cholestasis represents an impaired secretion of bilirubin by …

[HTML][HTML] Malignant biliary strictures in patients with a normal bilirubin and/or normal liver enzymes

SC Thomasset, D Saunders, A Holland, AR Dennison… - Hpb, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Background To date, no studies have sought to determine the frequency of malignancy in
patients presenting with a putative biliary stricture and normal liver function tests (LFTs). The …

Caliber of the common bile duct: effect of cholecystectomy and other factors in a ultrasonographic study of 8534 patients

W Kratzer, S Wahl, C Vonend… - Zeitschrift für …, 2015‏ - thieme-connect.com
Objective: The objective of the present study was to analyze the effects of different factors
impacting the caliber of the common bile duct (CBD) and a comparison of maximum …