Opacification of the portal vein during ERCP

This ERCP image demonstrates portal vein opacification (arrow) and the location of the catheter (arrowhead) in a patient with hilar biliary stricture due to metastatic colonic cancer.

ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

Courtesy of Andrea Tringali, MD, PHD. Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Catholic University (Rome, Italy).

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