The complex architecture of the liver biliary network represents a structural prerequisite for the formation and secretion of bile as well as excretion of toxic substances through bile ducts. Disorders of the biliary tract affect a significant portion of the worldwide population, often leading to cholestatic liver diseases. Cholestatic liver disease is a condition that results from an impairmen...

Cholangiocytes constitute the biliary epithelium, an important barrier to infection entering the liver via the gastrointestinal tract. These cells have developed mechanisms to respond to infection by recruiting and interacting with effector leukocytes to clear bacterial or viral pathogens. Cholangiocytes are also targets of immune mediated damage in several liver diseases and under these circum...

BACKGROUND Acute biliary diseases during pregnancy have been classically managed conservatively. Advances in minimally invasive surgery and the high recurrence rate of symptoms observed changed this management. METHODS This is a prospective observational study. Initial management was medical. Unresponsive patients were treated with minimally invasive techniques including gallbladder percutane...

Abstract Cross-sectional imaging modalities including ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and computed tomography (CT) play a critical role in the diagnosis of diseases biliary tract gallbladder. Biliary for evaluation obstructive jaundice seeks to diagnose level obstruction its cause. The identification dilated bile ducts necessitates strictures or filling defects, which is best ...

Biliary system diseases are a common pathology in medical practice. A frequent situation in everyday practice is a patient with pain in the right upper quadrant, in which the suspicion of biliary disease is the first diagnosis to confirm or exclude. Ultrasound is a reliable method for the evaluation of the biliary system and is the first method of choice when a biliary disease is suspected. Ide...