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 ...

biliary sludge in six, gallstone in two, and anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction in one. Acute pancreatitis with biliary disease showed increased presentation of jaundice and abnormalities in a ...

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 ...

We present a rare case of biliary cystadenoma with both intra and extrahepatic bile duct involvement. The literature on the radiologic and pathologic features of biliary cystadenomas, as well as ...

During ERCP, gallstones were found in the CBD in 57 (48%) and sludge was seen in the CBD in 32 patients (27% ... most importantly bleeding (3%) and bile duct injury (4%). Furthermore, surgeons often ...

The former Vikings, Raiders and Patriots star disclosed that he underwent a six-hour operation on his pancreas, liver, gall bladder and bile duct — commonly known as a Whipple procedure.

Sludge is the settled solids in the wastewater treatment tanks. Due to gravity, the solids, that are chemicals, settle at the bottom of the tanks. Different terminologies are associated with sludge ...

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 ...