IN recent years, cholecystectomy has been performed in an increasing number of patients. As a result, two serious complications of biliary-tract surgery have occurred with increasing frequency. The ...

One of the crucial issues in the management of suspected bile-duct stones is the selection of patients referred for ERCP. Ideally, this potentially risky procedure should be reserved for patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: The common complaint of right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain and impaired liver function tests (LFTs) could ...

A 60-year-old white man was transferred with a 3-week history of intermittent, generalized abdominal pain, diarrhea, and a 1-week history of jaundice, dark urine, and light-colored stool. He had no ...

Bile duct cancer is a disease where cancerous cells form in the tissues of the bile duct. The bile duct is part of a network of tubes that connect the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and small intestine ...

Researchers report that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) are 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or ...

Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare form of cancer that affects the bile ducts. Two bile ducts in the human body connect the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine.

Bile duct hamartomas are lesions that grow in the liver. These rare growths are usually harmless, but there’s a small chance they could become cancerous. Your doctor may recommend treating them with ...

The common bile duct is a small, tube-like structure formed where the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join. Its physiological role is to carry bile from the gallbladder and empty it into the ...

What Is Bile Duct Cancer? Bile duct cancer, also called cholangiocarcinoma, is when unusual cells grow out of control inside your bile ducts. Those are thin tubes about 4 to 5 inches long that move a ...

What Is Metastatic Bile Duct Cancer and Its Causes? Bile duct cancer – also called cholangiocarcinoma – is a rare condition. When you have cholangiocarcinoma, cancer cells grow in your bile ducts, ...