A gallbladder attack can cause intense pain, nausea, and digestive distress, often occurring after fatty meals. While some ...

Acute cholecystitis, obstruction of the common duct by ... A past history of gallbladder disease and a recent attack of colic followed by jaundice is the usual syndrome of a stone in the common ...

Abdominal pain can occur due to other gastrointestinal conditions (like bile duct obstruction, inflammatory bowel disease, or peptic ulcer disease), so healthcare providers use a specific set of ...

This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken to elucidate the morphologic nature of the hepatic alterations, including their etiology ...

The Saint Louis University Center for Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases has been officially designated by ... fluid collections, ductal obstruction and chronic pain. In addition to these services, our ...

These include the life expectancy of the patient, the location of the biliary obstruction ... the definitive therapy in those with localized disease who are poor operative candidates for ...

The present study suggests that biliary disease, such as choledochal cyst and biliary sludge, should be considered as one of the underlying causes of acute pancreatitis, particularly in children ...