Bile is made in the liver and then stored in the gallbladder. A painful obstruction that results from an abnormally functioning sphincter ... The presence of stones within the common bile duct.

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 ...

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;6(1):105-114. © 2012 Expert Reviews Ltd.

Her white cell count was 3.20×10 9 /L with normal liver function tests, bilirubin of 6 µmol/L and C reactive protein of 15 mg/L. Cross-sectional imaging with CT found intrahepatic, extrahepatic, ...

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 ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures ... [14] To evaluate biliary strictures of undetermined ...