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 ...

High bilirubin levels increase the risk of developing bilirubin gallstones—a type of gallstone more prevalent in Sickle Cell ...

A painful obstruction that results from an abnormally functioning sphincter of Oddi ... An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct system when an ...

The complications may be caused by inflammation, infection or obstruction. The main symptom of gallstone ... Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) uses both an endoscopy and an ultrasound to evaluate and ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

This can happen when you experience a liver, bile duct, or gallbladder condition or when you take certain medications. Bile Duct and Gallbladder Conditions The bile ducts and gallbladder are part ...

FOR the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year, the prognosis is uniquely grim. According to data from Cancer Research UK, up to 70 per cent of all these ...

Doctors in the UK are hoping to transform the lives of people with deadly bile duct cancer. A new study – which has shown promising early results – matches the patient’s tumour to one or ...

Consultant medical oncologist Professor John Bridgewater is leading the UK arm of an international study to find treatments for bile duct cancer (Charlotte Southall/UCLH/PA) Doctors in the UK are ...