Narrow portion of the terminal choledochus is a cause of upstream biliary dilatation in patients with anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2005; 11(41): 6503-6507
Published online Nov 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i41.6503

Table 1 Diagnostic accuracy of cholangiopancreatographic features for the detection of AUPBD

Cholangiopancreatographic feature	Sensitivity(%)	Specificity(%)	Positive predictive value (%)	Negative predictive value (%)	Accuracy(%)
Narrow portion of the terminal	81	100	100	98	98
choledochus (n = 29)
Biliary dilatation (>10 mm) (n = 25)	69	68	20	95	68
Proximal dilatation of the main	19	100	100	91	92
pancreatic duct (>5 mm) (n = 7)

AUPBD: anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts.

Citation: Nomura T, Shirai Y, Wakai T, Yokoyama N, Sakata J, Hatakeyama K. Narrow portion of the terminal choledochus is a cause of upstream biliary dilatation in patients with anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(41): 6503-6507
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i41/6503.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i41.6503