Radial endoscopic ultrasound sonography of the ampullary region showed dilated CBD of up to 1 cm in diameter. Biopsy from the major papilla by side-view endoscopy was performed and diagnosed a dilated CBD by metastatic invasive carcinoma of the breast to the pancreas.Abdol Rahim MasjedizadehPayman...
The bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic) and outside the liver (extrahepatic) are dilated and contain many bile pigment stones. The common bile duct and left hepatic duct are commonly affected. They are surrounded by extensive fibrosis and inflammation. The papilla of the sphincter of Oddi...
Sonographic measurement of common bile duct caliber alone is insufficient to ascertain the presence of obstruction. Fatty meal stimulation significantly improves diagnostic accuracy. An increase in caliber of a normal or slightly dilated common duct after the subject has ingested a fatty meal is a stro...
7.Laparoscopic Transcystic Duct Exploration for Cholecystolithiasis Complicated with Stones in the Non-Dilated Common Bile Duct腹腔镜下经胆囊管取石治疗胆囊结石合并非扩张性胆总管结石 8.Experience of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in neck and duct of gallbladder calculus胆囊颈管结石嵌顿患者行腹腔镜胆囊切除...
However, when we only compared the same patients (n = 99) examined before cholecystectomy and 5 - 9 months after the operation, the changes in duct diameter were not observed. In the post-cholecystectomy group, the CBD was significantly smaller and rarely dilated in patients after laparoscopic ...
Chapter 13 Common Bile Duct Surgery and Choledochoduodenostomy Walter S. Cha Introduction Approximately 15% of patients with gallbladder stones will also have stones within the common bile duct (CBD). Currently, the majority of patients with CBD stones c
A 73-year-old man with a preoperative diagnosis of cholangitis underwent a laparotomy, which revealed a necrotized gallbladder and dilated common bile duct, both filled with foul-smelling clotted blood. We could not find the cause of hemobilia at this time. On postoperative day (POD) 11, an...
Congenital cysts of the common bile duct (CBD) are rare. Mostly they are found in children and do not typically lead to the formation of common bile duct stones. It is uncertain whether primary CBD stones and acquired choledochal cysts exist. We present an 80-year-old woman presented with ...
Results: Age, serum level of bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and the existence of jaundice, dilated bile duct, and pathologic gall bladder were found to be associated with CBD stones. Logistic regression was undertaken. Four factors were found to be...
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Out of the 2900 laparoscopic cholecystectomies between 1998-2004 we did selective intraoperative cholangiogram in 262 patients who were suspected to have CBD stones based on deranged liver function tests, dilated CBD with or without CBD stone on sonography or having the ...