Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a major global health concern, affecting approximately 1.5 billion people. This ...

In the United States, 73.6 percent of adults are overweight or obese, with 41.9 percent classified as obese. Excess weight ...

Medicare covers endoscopies for diagnostic testing and to treat conditions such as polyps, bile duct obstruction, and bile duct stones. The cost of an endoscopy varies depending on whether it’s ...

For pancreatic tumors, jaundice typically indicates a tumor in the pancreatic head compressing the common bile duct where it passes through this portion of the pancreas.

The Courvoisier sign is caused by an obstruction or buildup of bile in the bile duct. X-rays of people with the Courvoisier sign show a lump in the head of the pancreas, a bloated bile duct, and ...

These include benign ones that require no treatment, such as Gilbert syndrome, and other more serious medical conditions, such as liver disease or bile duct obstruction.

Intrahepatic bile duct cancer starts inside your liver. Extrahepatic bile duct cancer starts outside your liver. Although all types of bile duct cancer are rare, this is the more common type.

We report two cases of unusual discovery of a Vaterian ampulloma complicated by cholestasis by bile duct obstruction in two patients at the University Hospital of Bogodogo. Their management is ...

Bile duct inflammation and scarring, known as cholangiopathies, can disrupt bile flow, leading to liver damage and potentially liver failure.

Biliary Atresia is a devastating pediatric cholangiopathy affecting the bile ducts of the liver. In this review, we describe recent progress in the understanding of liver development with a focus on ...

Bile Duct Obstruction and Related Issues Bile duct obstruction or biliary obstruction occurs when something blocks the bile ducts, preventing bile from flowing into the small intestine. One common ...