amongst the cause of cystic hepatic disease, hydatid cyst is common in the asia, south america, and africa. the definitive therapy for hepatic hydatid disease is surgical resection. rupture of the hydatid cyst into the biliary tree can lead to serious cholangitis. in this report, a 22-year-old man is presented with the signs and symptoms of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis. ultrasonography ...

To reevaluate the current features of spontaneous internal biliary fistulas, we reviewed 1,929 consecutive patients who had been treated for biliary tract diseases during the recent 12-year period. Thirty-three patients had internal biliary fistulas and the incidence was 1.9%. Of 33 patients, 20 were women and 13 were men with the average age 63 years, and their mean duration of illness was 4 y...

Preview Although primary sclerosing cholangitis occurs most often in middle-aged or younger men and primary biliary cirrhosis in middle-aged or older women, the diseases have some traits in common-unfortunate ones. In both diseases, the cause is unknown, and liver transplantation is the only known effective therapy for advanced cases. Dr Fennerty discusses trials of medical treatments used in a...

AIM To examine expression of CD44, a transmembrane glycoprotein involved in lymphocyte homing and activation, in inflammatory liver diseases. METHODS Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissues were obtained from normal, uninvolved liver from patients undergoing partial hepatectomy for metastatic carcinoma (9) and transplant hepatectomy specimens from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (12...

BACKGROUND Hepato-biliary tract lithiasis is common and present either as pain or as asymptomatic on abdominal ultrasonography for other causes. Although the DNA of Helicobacter species are identified in the gallbladder bile, tissue or stones analyzed from these cases, still a causal relationship could not be established due to different results from different geographical parts. METHODS A de...

Several Helicobacter species have recently been isolated from the bile and hepatobiliary systems of murine species, and are well recognized as a pathogen of the hepatobiliary disorder. This study was planned to investigate whether Helicobacter species possess a causative potential for human hepatobiliary disease, especially for hepatobiliary carcinogenesis. Bile and hepatobiliary tissue samples...