Abstract:To investigate the diagnostic value of biliary brushing for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the diagnosis of benign and malignant biliary stricture. Methods From September 2015 to October 2018, patients underwent ERCP due to obstructive jaundice were randomly enrolled in the study. 45 patients with biliary stenosis underwent ERCP were enrolled and underwent routine biliary tract brushing and cytopathology analysis. All of their clinical data were collected. Results Cytopathology report showed an increase in cell nuclei, irregular nuclear membrane, obvious nucleoli, chromatin agglutination with multiple nucleoli, increased nucleoplasmic ratio, obvious cell atypia, and the biliary brushing cytology with common small clusters of heterogeneous cell clusters is more important in the diagnosis of malignant biliary stricture. Thirty-two (71.11%) patients were diagnosed with malignant biliary stricture by final diagnosis, of which 22 were diagnosed by histopathology and 10 were diagnosed by disease progression and imaging. According to logistic regression analysis, the length of biliary stenosis (OR = 8.375, 95.00% CI: 1.249 ~ 56.173) is a risk factor for malignant biliary stricture. Conclusion ERCP biliary cell brushing is a safe and reliable method, which has good value for the identification of benign and malignant biliary strictures due to adequate material extraction, good preparation methods and strict cell morphology diagnostic criteria.