Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography - Diagnostic

Diagnostic

• Obstructive jaundice - This may be due to several causes
• Chronic pancreatitis - a now controversial indication due to widespread availability of safer diagnostic modalities including endoscopic ultrasound, high-resolution CT, and MRI/MRCP
• Gallstones with dilated bile ducts on ultrasonography
• Bile duct tumors
• Suspected injury to bile ducts either as a result of trauma or iatrogenic
• Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
• Pancreatic tumors no longer represent a valid diagnostic indication for ERCP unless they cause bile duct obstruction and jaundice. Endoscopic ultrasound represents a safer and more accurate diagnostic alternative