Understanding the warning signs of pancreatic cancer can help individuals seek medical attention sooner, potentially improving outcomes.

It drains the pancreatic fluid from the gland and carries it to the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). The main pancreatic duct merges with the bile duct to form the ampulla of Vater (a ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Noticing grey poop may come as a surprise, but it's not always an emergency. Grey poop occasionally happens when you take certain medications for long periods. More ...

A new report in Science by Ma and colleagues uncovers the interplay of microbiota-controlled bile acid metabolism and immune responses in the context of primary and metastatic liver tumours in mice.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

The widow of William Bryan -- the man who allegedly was killed after a surgeon removed his liver instead of his spleen -- has ...

One patient (Case 5) had cholelithiasis and pancreatic lithiasis ... a simple cyst of the liver was associated with an obstructing cystic papilloma of the bile duct. His patient was not relieved ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a malignant tumour of either the bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic), or those leading from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic).

is a rare cancer that develops in the bile ducts, which connect the liver and gall bladder. These small tubes are essential for the digestive system, helping transport bile to break down fats.

Bile ducts carry bile (digestive fluid) from your liver to your gallbladder and into ... and eyes), and pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). Each of these requires immediate medical ...

Visceral anomalies included ventricular septal defect, bicuspid pulmonary and aortic valves, ectopic pancreatic ... bile. The extrahepatic bile ducts were narrow. The moderately enlarged liver ...