Yellow skin, also called jaundice, is a very common symptom of pancreatic cancer. Jaundice can occur when a tumor puts pressure on the bile duct, causing an obstruction and resulting in the ...

Anatomy of the extrahepatic bile ducts. Extrahepatic bile ducts are small tubes that carry bile outside of the liver. They are made up of the common hepatic duct (hilum region) and the common bile ...

The most frequent reason of obstruction of the bile or hepatic ducts is choledocholithiasis, which is characterized by the presence of stones in the common bile duct.

Bile duct obstruction has long been known to be present in both malignant and nonmalignant liver disease (jaundice, for example), but before the study by Dr. Sirica and his colleagues the direct ...

If a gallstone blocks the common bile duct, it can cause choledocholithiasis. Symptoms of choledocholithiasis include pain in the right side of the abdomen (biliary colic), jaundice, and fever.

Gallbladder removal surgery, also called cholecystectomy, is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide ...

Patients presenting with IgG4-related cholangiopathy are typically men aged 50-60 years, and more than 75% will present with common bile duct obstruction and jaundice. [17] Coexisting pancreatic ...

A long common bile duct stricture was demonstrated (Figure 4). Brushings of the stricture were nondiagnostic; the pancreatic duct could not be cannulated.

Chronic obstruction of the common bile duct may cause hepatic fibrosis and secondary biliary cirrhosis. 1,2 Hepatic fibrosis is usually considered an irreversible process, even when the underlying ...

A band of cellophane was sutured around the lower common bile duct (Fig. 1). In 7 experiments the band was lightly sprinkled with sodium dicetyl phosphate. In 6 experiments this was omitted.