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*Biliary stents lead to reactive changes,<ref name=pmid3877438>{{Cite journal | last1 = Carrasco | first1 = CH | last2 = Wallace | first2 = S | last3 = Charnsangavej | first3 = C | last4 = Richli | first4 = W | last5 = Wright | first5 = KC | last6 = Fanning | first6 = T | last7 = Gianturco | first7 = C | title = Expandable biliary endoprosthesis: an experimental study. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 145 | issue = 6 | pages = 1279-81 | month = Dec | year = 1985 | doi = | PMID = 3877438 }}</ref> these can be confused for malignancy. One must always check whether a biliary stent was in situ at time of biopsy.<ref>STC. 2 October 2009.</ref> | *Biliary stents lead to reactive changes,<ref name=pmid3877438>{{Cite journal | last1 = Carrasco | first1 = CH | last2 = Wallace | first2 = S | last3 = Charnsangavej | first3 = C | last4 = Richli | first4 = W | last5 = Wright | first5 = KC | last6 = Fanning | first6 = T | last7 = Gianturco | first7 = C | title = Expandable biliary endoprosthesis: an experimental study. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 145 | issue = 6 | pages = 1279-81 | month = Dec | year = 1985 | doi = | PMID = 3877438 }}</ref> these can be confused for malignancy. One must always check whether a biliary stent was in situ at time of biopsy.<ref>STC. 2 October 2009.</ref> | ||
*Usually abundant desmoplasia, ergo hard to get good, i.e. diagnositic, endoluminal brushing specimens.<ref>STC. 6 December 2010.</ref> | *Usually abundant desmoplasia, ergo hard to get good, i.e. diagnositic, endoluminal brushing specimens.<ref>STC. 6 December 2010.</ref> | ||
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*Metastatic adenocarinoma, esp. [[pancreatic adenocarcinoma]]. | |||
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