Patency of the extrahepatic bile ducts had been demonstrated in all the cases by surgical exploration or post-mortem examination. Two control groups were used: 25 consecutive autopsy cases of ...

Adenomatous tissue in the common bile duct and cholelithiasis ... Thus, it must be remembered that with clinical extrahepatic obstructive jaundice, the common duct may be normal in size, stones ...

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 ...

CT findings include dilatation of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts; intraductal stones that exceed the attenuation of unenhanced liver; pneumobilia (even in patients without a history of ...

It is proposed that virally induced neoantigens displayed on biliary epithelium may play a role in initiating the immune processes involved in destruction of the extrahepatic bile duct and ongoing ...