Noun1.bile duct- a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum common bile duct duct,epithelial duct,canal,channel- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary cana...
Dilated bile ducts may be secondary to obstructive lesions (neoplastic or benign; Table 36.1) or to nonobstructive lesions.1,2,24–26 Benign etiologies of bile duct dilation include choledocholithiasis and, uncommonly in the United States, infections such as parasitic diseases. In one study, endo...
Cholangiocarcinoma should be suspected, if, when monitoring PSC, a dilated biliary sector appears, but this localised dilatation of the bile ducts may also result from localised fibrosis of the inflammatory biliary lesion, in the absence of cholangiocarcinoma (Fig. 18). Sign in to download full-...
The literature encourages the use of ERCP, over Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drain (PTBD) as its insertion can be technically difficult because intrahepatic bile ducts are usually not dilated; moreover, PTBD is advised if ERCP has failed [9]. However, our results disagree with this statement...
Using wedge liver biopsies from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), ultrastructural features of the intrahepatic bile ducts in livers with slight or no bile duct loss were compared with those in livers with advanced bile duct loss and in extrahepatic cholestasis (EHC). Most changes in ...
It is concluded that (a) papillary mucosal lesions in PSC may represent papillary dysplasia without invasion; (b) these lesions may evolve from papillary hyperplasia; (c) the process may be largely, if not entirely, in situ; and (d) the prevalence of dysplasia and carcinoma of bile ducts ...
nature publishing group Translational Investigation Articles Reovirus type-2–triggered autoimmune cholangitis in extrahepatic bile ducts of weanling DBA/1J mice Tomomi Nakashima1, Toshiharu Hayashi1, Saki Tomoeda1, Midori Yoshino1 and Takuya Mizuno2 background: Reovirus is a proposed cause of infantile...
[00109] The TKO mice displayed more severe cholestasis than either parental strain, manifesting as severe jaundice e.g., on the body wall and paws, throughout life, liver enlargement (Figure Ia), disrupted canaliculi (Figure Id), blocked bile ducts, growth retardation and very high mortality....
Careful exploration of the hepatic pedicle may permit anastomosis of a dilated duct or release of fibrous tissue. It may be feasible to establish an internal hepatogastric fistula with artificial bile ducts. Many extrahepatic problems persist in children with biliary atresia....
doi:10.1053/S0270-9139(00)83538-7ELSEVIERHepatology