Imaging of common bile duct by linear endoscopic ultrasound

Figure 11 The papilla is the protruding structure in the lumen of the duodenum and is covered on both sides by the muscular layer of the wall. At the point of the entry of papilla into the duodenal bulb the continuity of muscular layer as a smooth duodenal fall is absent. At the point of union of bile duct and pancreatic duct the dilation of both ducts is named as ampulla. An attempt should be made to trace the intra papillary part of pancreatic duct all the way to the tip of the papilla or into a common ampulla. This can help in identifying the three patterns of opening of the bile duct and pancreatic duct, i.e., common channel, V shaped or separate opening. CBD: Common bile duct.