Jan 28, 2025 · Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an uncommon inflammatory condition that affects the biliary tree resulting in multiple strictures, liver damage, and eventually cirrhosis.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) plays a significant role in the handling of PSC because of its high accuracy and prognostic value as well as its sampling and …

In this review, we attempt to delineate the role for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in the care of PSC patients, including the role of endoscopy for surveillance and therapy of upper …

More recently, both magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and ERCP have been primarily used to diagnose primary sclerosing cholangitis. MRCP is a noninvasive study …

Oct 23, 2023 · Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic progressive disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by inflammation, fibrosis, and stricturing of medium and large …

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the mainstay for accurate assessment of the hepatobiliary tree to establish a diagnosis of PSC.

Jun 21, 2023 · Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) can help determine the cause, and bile duct blockage can be treated with: Balloon dilation. This procedure can open …

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) plays a significant role in the handling of PSC because of its high accuracy and prognostic value as well as its sampling and …

1 ESGE/EASL recommend that, as the primary diagnostic modality for PSC, magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) should be preferred over endoscopic retrograde …

ERCP is particularly useful in the management of pa-tients with biliary obstruction due to choledocholithiasis and other benign diseases of the biliary tract such as biliary strictures and …