SMJ articles in the category "cholangiocarcinoma"

Review Article

Advances in the Endoscopic Management of Patients with Pancreatic and Biliary Malignancies

Major advances in endoscopic techniques to diagnose and manage pancreatic biliary diseases have fundamentally changed the approach to these difficult clinical challenges. The diagnosis of benign and malignant pancreatic-biliary diseases is much more readily obtained through a combination of cross-sectional imaging and endoscopic procedures. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic…

Posted in: cholangiocarcinoma 2 endoscopic ultrasound 5 pancreatic cancer 6

Case Report

Elevated CA 19-9 Levels in a Patient with Mirizzi Syndrome: Case Report

CA 19-9 is a marker of malignancy of the pancreas and biliary tract. We report the case of a patient who had significantly elevated serum CA 19-9 levels and imaging studies suggestive of malignancy. On laparotomy, the patient was found to have Mirizzi syndrome, an uncommon cause of biliary obstruction…

Posted in: cholangiocarcinoma 2 choledocholithiasis 2 Mirizzi syndrome 2
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