Cholestasis in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: comparison between ultrasonographic and cholangiographic findings

D Urbain; J Jeanmart; M Lemone; A Kiromera; V Muls; V Arendt; S Dewit

Cholestasis in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: comparison between ultrasonographic and cholangiographic findings

Am J Gastroenterol. 1991 May;86(5):574-6.

Authors

D Urbain¹, J Jeanmart, M Lemone, A Kiromera, V Muls, V Arendt, S Dewit

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 2028946

Abstract

Cholestasis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome was systematically investigated by ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The two procedures were found to be complementary, and showed similar results in 56.2% of the cases. Ultrasonography was superior in detecting common bile duct wall thickening, whereas endoscopic retrograde cholangiography was superior in demonstrating intrahepatic narrowing of the biliary tract.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / pathology
Adult
Biliary Tract / diagnostic imaging
Biliary Tract / pathology
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholestasis / complications
Cholestasis / diagnostic imaging*
Cholestasis / pathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Ultrasonography