IT has long been recognized that parenchymal liver disease clinically can simulate obstruction of extrahepatic biliary radicles. 1,2 Clinical and laboratory manifestations of obstruction are ...

Bile duct disorders can lead to serious complications if left untreated, but early diagnosis and proper management can prevent long-term damage, a doctor states. READ ON to find out more.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to zanidatamab-hrii (Ziihera) for the treatment of adults with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer. 1 Zanidatamab ...

In people without extrahepatic biliary obstruction or another established liver comorbidity, two of the following criteria are sufficient for a PBC diagnosis: An alkaline phosphatase level at ...

Individuals 18 years of age or older with difficult bile duct cannulation at the index ERCP attempt with a native papilla and benign extrahepatic biliary obstruction were included. Difficult bile duct ...

Extrahepatic biliary obstruction by procedure related haemobilia occurred within three days of PTA while other causes occurred between 0 and 17 (average 4.9) months. Biliary casts occurred more ...

IT IS frequently difficult to differentiate on-clinical grounds jaundice due to parenchymal liver disease and that secondary to extrahepatic biliary obstruction. This distinction is obviously ...

ERCP is a safe and effective method for managing biliary obstruction in children. A case report illustrates successful removal of a bile duct stone in a 5-year-old child using ERCP. Pediatric ERCP is ...

2.3 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS‑BD) is an alternative procedure when ERCP is not possible; ERCP fails in a small proportion of people because of the nature of the obstruction or ...

Although not typical signs of bile duct cancer, these symptoms can appear in people who develop cholangitis as a result of a bile duct obstruction. A fever frequently coexists with these symptoms.

A biliary obstruction blocks the bile ducts, which carry bile to the small intestine for digestion and waste removal. ... Extrahepatic ducts. The extrahepatic ducts begin as two parts, ...