Gallbladder and bile duct cancers are rare but aggressive, often diagnosed late due to subtle symptoms. We got in touch with ...

The bile ducts are small, tubular structures that play an important role in digestion by transporting bile -- a yellowish-green fluid -- from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine.

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

Bile is made in the liver and then stored in the gallbladder. A painful obstruction that results from an ... the movement of cholesterol from the liver to the bile duct has also been identified, ...

Gallbladder cancer is a highly aggressive condition with vague symptoms, often leading to late diagnosis. Risk factors ...

McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University, has demonstrated that the formation of the gallbladder and bile duct system depends on the ...

Included in the cohort were 346 consecutive patients with common bile duct stones ... rupture of the cystic duct, 6) intrahepatic stone, 7) cholecystoduodenal fistula, 8) gallbladder bed bleeding ...

They form when the bile hardens and are caused by an excess of cholesterol, bile salts or bilirubin. Many people with gallstones do not experience any symptoms. Often, symptoms only appear when there ...

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 ...