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. 2017;30(2):253.
doi: 10.20524/aog.2016.0110. Epub 2016 Dec 2.

Digital cholangioscopy (Spyglass™) in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma

Ioannis D Dimas  1 , Maria Fragaki  1 , Emmanouil Vardas  1 , Gregorios A Paspatis  1
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Digital cholangioscopy (Spyglass™) in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma

Ioannis D Dimas et al. Ann Gastroenterol. 2017.
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Figure 1
(A and B) Stenosis of the common bile duct presenting nodular mucosa with ulceration
Figure 2
Figure 2
Biopsy of the common bile duct, showing extensive fibrosis and focal infiltration of the bile duct wall by small foci of moderately to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (black arrows). H&E, X200
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