Jaundice accompanied by abdominal pain is a medical red flag. Doctors explain how this combination may indicate bile duct ...

We studied liver-biopsy specimens from 11 patients with chronic stenosis of the common bile duct due to chronic pancreatitis; all the patients had undergone liver biopsy before or at the time of ...

At Huntsman Cancer Institute, our experts deliver specialized, multidisciplinary care for bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma). You are supported by a team of specialists including hepatobiliary ...

IN recent years, cholecystectomy has been performed in an increasing number of patients. As a result, two serious complications of biliary-tract surgery have occurred with increasing frequency. The ...

A minority of cases of biliary atresia may be caused by defects in morphogenesis of the bile ducts. Potential etiologies for the more common perinatal form of biliary atresia include viral infections, ...

February is Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on this disease and the people it affects.

Extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma occasionally presents with intraepithelial spread for a considerable area around the main tumor. In this study, we compared clinicopathological features of ...

Background. A 72-year-old hypertensive woman presented with a 2-month history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. She had a 15-day history of jaundice, fever with chills and shivering, nausea, ...

Cancer in the bile ducts may not present with any symptoms in the initial stage. The bile duct is found in the inner part of the body and, therefore, it is difficult to detect early tumors during ...

About 8,000 people are diagnosed with bile duct cancer each year. But the actual number of cases is likely to be higher, because these cancers can be hard to diagnose, and some might be misclassified ...