The most frequently described causes of SSC are longstanding biliary obstruction, surgical trauma to the bile duct and ischemic injury to the biliary tree in liver allografts. SSC may also follow ...

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 ...

A doctor who dismissed his cancer symptoms for months, sadly passed away just three months after his diagnosis. Thelma Ainsworth, 50, said her husband Jonathan started complaining of stomach pain in ...

Biliary colic is abdominal pain that develops due to a blockage in the bile ducts, which carry bile (digestive fluid) from ...

Nausea and vomiting are common digestive symptoms, but when they occur frequently, especially after meals, they could indicate a bile duct obstruction. As the tumour grows, it can further disrupt ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...

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 ...