The smallest ducts, called ductules, come together to form the right hepatic bile duct and the left hepatic bile duct, which drain bile from the liver. Bile is stored in the gallbladder and is ...

Survival for bile duct cancer depends on whether the cancer is in the bile ducts in the liver (intrahepatic) or outside the liver (extrahepatic). It also depends on the stage of the cancer when it was ...

obscured by overlying opacified ducts, or missed due to failure to opacify the obstructed segment. Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with ...

Biliary atresia, a progressive sclerosis of the extrahepatic ... bile ducts. Potential etiologies for the more common perinatal form of biliary atresia include viral infections, immune-mediated ...

Most primary bile duct cancer is adenocarcinoma. This growth begins in the mucus glands that line the insides of the bile ducts. These tumors can occur in the main bile duct outside the liver ...

Intrahepatic bile duct cancer develops within the liver's bile ducts, while extrahepatic bile duct cancer originates outside the liver. Gallbladder cancer is a malignancy that arises in the ...

Bile duct cancer is rare. Most bile duct cancers develop with no obvious cause. But there are factors that are known to increase the risk. This includes conditions that cause long term (chronic) ...

Acute pancreatitis or bile leakage caused by perforation of the extrahepatic biliary system ... As the common bile duct and pancreatic duct are adjacent to one another in the duodenal papilla ...

The chemotherapy passes from the liver into the bile ducts. HAI therapy may be used to shrink tumors before surgery. Targeted Therapies for Bile Duct Cancer Targeted therapies block specific changes ...

in the bile duct. The bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. Bile is a fluid that helps your body digest and absorb fats. It also helps clear waste from the ...

Pancreatic pain was the only clinical factor that affected all physical and mental domains, although dilation of the Wirsung duct, decreased BMI, and diabetes were all significantly associated ...