The endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic manifestations of histopathologically diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma with obstructive jaundice.

To study the manifestations of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients of obstructive jaundice associated with HCC, 32 cases of histopathologically diagnosed HCC with obstructive jaundice were successfully examined with routine ERCP. 31 patients were demonstrated by ERCP as having malignant obstructive jaundice. Among them, 19 were hepatic perihilar bile duct stricture, 7 bile ductile tumorous thrombus, 3 perihilar bile duct stricture complicated with thrombus, 2 metastasis to hilar lymph node, and 1 common bile duct stone as proven by sphincterotomy.