Your bile duct network is a true tree of life. A floppy, pink tree of life. The branches, smooth like spaghetti noodles, reach up to collect bile and waste from your gallbladder and liver. Farther ...

"Enlarged bile ducts or dilated bile ducts are typically caused by a biliary tree obstruction, which can be caused by stones, tumours (usually of the papilla of Vater or the pancreas), benign ...

A leaking bile duct is caused by obstruction of the biliary tree, which runs between the liver and small intestine. While most commonly attributed to surgeries, such as a gallbladder removal ...

Long-term inflammation and recurring infections may contribute to the risk of malignant bile duct cysts. While considered rare, up to 2% of people may experience biliary tree malignancy ...

Primary biliary cholangitis is a disease that damages the bile ducts in your liver. Your doctor may also call it PBC. It used to be called primary biliary cirrhosis. These ducts have an important job.

Bile duct cancer is rare, but it may be fatal. A person’s outlook will depend on the location of the cancer and the stage of the disease when they receive a diagnosis. In this article ...

Each presented as a papillary frondlike projection into the lumen of the lower end of the biliary tree. In Case 16 this growth extended submucosally up the bile duct through the margin of ...

As robotic cholecystectomy, also known as gallbladder removal, becomes increasingly common, researchers have identified higher rates of bile duct injury in robotic cholecystectomy compared to the ...

Bile duct cancer is a rare type of cancer that develops in the tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small bowel. Between 25 and 30 per cent people with the cancer survive for 1 year ...