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PERCUTANEOUS-TRANSHEPATIC-CHOLANGIOGRAPHY


check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 25/09/2000
originator: Claudia

Conceptual Structures
ISACHOLANGIOGRAPHY
ANCESTORSALL
CHOLANGIOGRAPHY
CONTRAST-X-RAY
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
X-RAY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : PANCREAS
    DIGESTIVE-TRACT
DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-PANCREAS
USES : CONTRAST-MEDIUM


English
percutaneous transhepatic cholangiographyterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: X ray examination of the pancreas and bile duct system. Dye is inserted through the skin into the liver. When the dye travells through the gallbladder and bile duct systems, any blockage at the head of the pancreas can be seen. This method has a high degree of accuracy as a diagnostic tool and may be used in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. (en)
PTCterm type: acronym
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: see percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. (en)

Spanish
colangiografía transhepática percutáneaterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: feminine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: exámen radiográfico del páncreas y del conducto biliar extrahepático, previa inyección de un medio de contraste en uno de los conductos biliares, mediante punción percutánea del hígado. Cuando el contraste pasa por el conducto biliar y la vesícula biliar, se puede detectar cualquier cierre en la parte superior del páncreas. Este procedimiento se utiliza en el diagnóstico del cáncer de páncreas. (es)