Inflammation and Scarring of the Bile Ducts: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatments
Bile duct inflammation and scarring, known as cholangiopathies, can disrupt bile flow, leading to liver damage and ...
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What To Know About Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
The liver has both small and large bile ducts ... Using ERCP imaging to guide their work, surgeons open blocked or narrowed bile ducts. They place stents—small mesh cages or tubes—or inflate ...
The New England Journal of Medicine13d
Posthepatitic Cirrhosis Clinically Simulating Extrahepatic Biliary Obstruction (So-Called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
In 16 patients the pathological examination was based on liver biopsies ... Patency of the extrahepatic bile ducts had been demonstrated in all the cases by surgical exploration or post-mortem ...
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Secondary sclerosing cholangitis
The most frequently described causes of SSC are longstanding biliary obstruction, surgical trauma to the bile duct and ischemic injury to the biliary tree in liver allografts. SSC may also follow ...
Medscape3d
Differential Diagnosis of Intrahepatic Bile Duct Dilatation Without Demonstrable Mass On Ultrasonography or CT: Benign Versus Malignancy
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 ...
Cancer Research UK21d
Symptoms of liver cancer
This is because the enlarged liver stimulates nerves that connect to nerves in the shoulder. This is called referred pain. Jaundice is the yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes. It is ...
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Differential Diagnosis of Intrahepatic Bile Duct Dilatation Without Demonstrable Mass On Ultrasonography or CT: Benign Versus Malignancy
Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...