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Indications for ERCP
1. Biliary Tract Diseases:
 • Biliary obstruction: Choledocholithiasis, Malignant biliary strictures, Benign biliary strictures
Indications for ERCP ... Biliary Tract Diseases ... Therapeutic ERCP ... neoplasms of the major papilla ... #ERCP #Indications
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Budd-Chiari syndrome Biliary ... cholecystitis, Acute cholangitis ... "ascending cholangitis ... "biliary colic") ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
HyperCa2+ • Other: ERCP ... • Imaging: US (biliary ... (necrosis, biliary ... (w/in 24h) if cholangitis ... , consider ERCP
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
hepatitis - Acute biliary ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... cholangitis ... Differential #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Difficult Selective Biliary Cannulation (SBC)
Factors associated with difficult SBC:
 - SMALL PAPILLA: can be difficult to
Difficult Selective Biliary ... site - OTHERS: biliary ... #Selective #Biliary ... SBC #Difficult #ercp ... gastroenterology #management #diagnosis
Protruding / Bulging Papilla on ERCP biliary stone extraction

- Dr. Bibek Purbey

#Protruding #Bulging #Papilla #ERCP #endoscopy
Protruding / Bulging Papilla ... on ERCP biliary ... Protruding #Bulging #Papilla ... #ERCP #endoscopy
ACUTE CHOLANGITIS
Legend says that Cholangitis was first defined in 1877 by Jean-Martin Charcot, at which time
ACUTE CHOLANGITIS ... Today, cholangitis ... infection of the biliary ... commonly occurs post- ERCP ... individuals with biliary
Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

US, ultrasound; MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; ALP,
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... of Primary Biliary ... Cholangitis (PBC ... US, ultrasound; MRCP ... #Cholangitis #PBC
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) - Malignancy Screening and Surveillance Recommendations 

Cholangiocarcinoma 
 - Annual US or
Primary sclerosing cholangitis ... - Annual US or MRCP ... Colonoscopy @ diagnosis ... Primary #sclerosing #cholangitis ... Gastroenterology #Management #Diagnosis
Gallstone Diseases
1. Asymptomatic Stones 75%
2. Biliary Pain 20%
3. Acute Cholecystitis 10%
4. Mirizzi's Syndrome < 0.1%
5. Cholangitis/
Biliary Pain 20% ... Cholangitis/ Pancreatitis ... #differential #diagnosis