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Tuberculosis of the bile duct: a rare cause of biliary stricture.
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1989
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Biliary StrictureRare CauseTuberculous InvolvementHepatologyEus-guided Gallbladder DrainageBiliary TractBiliary CancerGastroenterologyBiliary DisorderSurgeryPrimary Biliary CirrhosisBiliary CancersCholangiopathiesMedicineFirst CaseBile Duct
The first case of biliary stricture due to tuberculous involvement of bile duct is presented. The diagnosis was established by choledochoscopic biopsy through a dilated percutaneous transhepatic biliary tract. Surgical bypass was impossible in this situation and endoprosthesis successfully relieved the biliary obstruction.