Biliary obstruction: A blockage in the bile duct system that prevents bile from flowing from the liver to the intestine. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): A minimally invasive procedure that uses high ...

This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken ... Patency of the extrahepatic bile ducts had been demonstrated in all the cases by ...

As the common bile duct and pancreatic duct are adjacent to one another in the duodenal papilla, pancreatitis secondary to biliary tract obstruction is a common cause; alcohol abuse is another ...

The diagnosis of Biliary cancers, also known as cholangiocarcinoma or bile duct cancers can be devastating ... colour and ...

Two viruses, reovirus and rotavirus, have received increasing attention as possible inciters of an immune-mediated injury to the biliary tree. Fas ligand upregulation and apoptosis of bile duct ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered ... in distinguishing malignant biliary obstruction from benign causes.

ERCP is used primarily to diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts and pancreas. ERCP combines the use of x-rays and an endoscope, which is a long, flexible, lighted tube. Through the endoscope ...

It has become increasingly more urgent for us to try to identify more innovative and effective alternative treatment options Bile duct cancer (also called cholangiocarcinoma or biliary tract ...