What is the current role of endoscopy in primary sclerosingcholangitis？

• 作者: Benjamin Tharian Nayana Elizabeth George Tony Chiew Keong Tham.
• 来源期刊: 世界胃肠内镜杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS Endoscopic retrogradecholangiopancreatography ENDOSONOGRAPHY CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA STENTS Fluorescence in SITU hybridizationtechnique Biochemical markers
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（10）
• 页码范围: 920-927
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Endoscopy has important roles in the managementof primary sclerosing cholangitis （PSC）, ranging fromnarrowing down the differential diagnoses, screeningfor complications, determining prognosis and therapy.While the need for a diagnostic endoscopic retrogradecholangiopancreatography （ERCP） may be obviated by apositive magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography（MRCP）, a negative MRCP does not exclude PSC andmay therefore necessitate an ERCP, which is traditionallyregarded as the gold standard. In this editorial we havenot covered the endoscopic management of inflammatorybowel disease in the context of PSC nor of endoscopicsurveillance and treatment of portal hypertension complicatingPSC.