Biliary Strictures: Etiologies and Medical Management

Rodrigues, Terrance; Boike, Justin R.

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1731086

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“…The term biliary stricture refers to the narrowing in any sites of the hepatic bile duct system, which leads to upstream biliary dilation, and the subsequent obstruction of bile flow. While the majority of patients experience no symptoms with abnormal signs indicated occasionally in imagine examinations, some individuals exhibit only slight symptoms, for example pruritus or jaundice, in their early stage ( 1 ).…”

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Case report: The diagnostic dilemma of indeterminate biliary strictures: report on two cases with a literature review

Meng,

Wang,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Front. Oncol.

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BackgroundIt is still a challenging problem for clinicians to explore the nature of the indeterminate biliary strictures (IBSs). Approximately 20% of biliary strictures remain undetermined after a thorough preoperative assessment.Case presentationHere, we present two cases of indeterminate biliary strictures patients, whose cross- sectional imaging and endoscopic examination were nondiagnostic. The patients underwent exploratory laparotomy finally and were confirmed as malignancy. We also reviewed the recent reports in literatures regarding the evaluation of IBSs.ConclusionsGiven the majority of the biliary strictures are malignancy, preoperative differentiation between benign and malignant is critical for choosing the best therapeutic regimen. Thus, close follow-up, multiple multidisciplinary discussion, and prompt surgical exploration are necessary for some difficult diagnostic cases.

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