Methods of imaging the biliary tract in adults include ERCP and transhepatic cholangiography. In infants with cholestatic jaundice, in whom biliary atresia is a diagnostic possibility and early ...

THE clinical differentiation of atresia of the extrahepatic bile ducts from the intrahepatic conditions causing obstructive jaundice has been a challenge to pediatricians from the time when these two ...

Bile duct cancer is rare, but it may be fatal. A person’s outlook will depend on the location of the cancer and the stage of the disease when they receive a diagnosis. In this article, we discuss the ...

Cholangiocarcinomas are malignant tumors that derive from cholangiocytes of small intrahepatic bile ducts or bile ductules (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; ICC), or of large hilar or extrahepatic ...

Improvement in overall survival (OS) observed in higher doses of internal hepatic radiation with lipiodol I131 combined with intra-arterial chemotherapy in advanced hepatocelullar carcinoma (AHC) and ...

Read at the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society at Manchester, September 27, 1935. Sowles, Horace K. — Assistant Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts. Bile ducts are small tubes in your body that carry bile (digestive fluids) from your liver and ...

Inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts—also known as cholangiopathies—can stop the bile from flowing, a vital fluid that helps digest fats. When bile can’t move through these ducts, it backs up ...

Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare form of cancer that affects the bile ducts. Two bile ducts in the human body connect the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine.

Attenuated dose of gemcitabine with cisplatin in patients (pts) with unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer (ABC): Results of single Thai institution.

Bile duct cancer is a disease where cancerous cells form in the tissues of the bile duct. The bile duct is part of a network of tubes that connect the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and small intestine ...