Bile is made in the liver and then stored in the gallbladder. A painful obstruction that results from an abnormally functioning sphincter of Oddi. The sphincter of Oddi is a muscular valve that ...

FOR the 6,000 people in the UK who are newly diagnosed with bile duct cancer every year, the prognosis is uniquely grim. According to data from Cancer Research UK, up to 70 per cent of all these ...

The gallbladder is a small organ that plays a vital role in digesting the foods you eat. You may need to follow a gallbladder diet if you have gallstones or if your gallbladder is inflamed or infected ...

In the largest prospective series with 64 patients, [68] subjects were classified into three groups based on the timing of symptomatic obstruction: biliary first (group 1), simultaneous biliary ...

In this case, as in the other cases reviewed here, obstruction of biliary ducts and associated biliary stasis ... can cause serum CA 19–9 levels to rise to heights similar to those seen in malignant ...

Biliary colic (also known as a "gallbladder attack") is abdominal pain that develops due to a blockage in the bile ducts. Bile ducts carry bile (digestive fluid) from your liver to your ...

Flow symptoms with FNLDO vary in severity both between patients and also within a single patient under different circumstances. Flow symptoms arise from a mismatch of production and clearance ...

A busy A-road in Somerset is currently closed in both directions due to an obstruction in the road. Traffic is building in the area as the A359 near Bruton is closed between Hassocks Lane and ...

This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken to elucidate the morphologic nature of the hepatic alterations, including their etiology ...

Lucknow: King George's Medical University (KGMU) introduced a new non-surgical procedure to remove common bile duct (CBD) stones, which occur when a gallstone is present in the common bile duct ...

Gallstones are hardened build-ups of calcium and cholesterol that form in your gallbladder. They range in size from grains of sand to golf balls. Gallstone attack symptoms include sudden pain ...