The New England Journal of Medicine1mon
Posthepatitic Cirrhosis Clinically Simulating Extrahepatic Biliary Obstruction (So-Called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
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 ...
Medscape23y
Etiopathogenesis of Biliary Atresia
Abstract Biliary atresia, a progressive sclerosis of the extrahepatic biliary tree that occurs only within the first 3 months of life, is one of the most common causes of neonatal cholestasis and ...
The New England Journal of Medicine1mon
Neonatal Hepatitis and Biliary Atresia Associated with Trisomy 17–18 Syndrome
Focal obliteration of bile ducts, secondary to cholangitis, was frequent, and may have been the cause of extrahepatic biliary atresia in two cases. The nature of the association between this ...
Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer: Why timely detection is important
Intrahepatic bile duct cancer develops within the liver's bile ducts, while extrahepatic bile duct cancer originates outside ...
Nature5y
BILE ACID METABOLISM IN EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY ATRESIA (EHBA): LITHOCHOLIC ACID IN STORED DRIED BLOOD COLLECTED AT NEONATAL SCREENING
Lithocholic acid (LCA) is a hepatotoxic compound. Fetal LCA might play a role in the pathogenesis of neonatal cholestasis/EHBA. Recent results show that fetal liver has capacity for hydroxylations ...
Medscape1mon
Differential Diagnosis of Intrahepatic Bile Duct Dilatation Without Demonstrable Mass On Ultrasonography or CT: Benign Versus Malignancy
Hong Joo Kim; Kyu Taek Lee; Seung Hoon Kim; Jong Kyun Lee; Jae Hoon Lim; Seung Woon Paik; Jong Chul Rhee Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma ... narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped ...
Exploring the pathogenesis of autoimmune liver diseases from the heterogeneity of target cells
Autoimmune liver diseases (ALDs), including autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and primary ...