BACKGROUND Occult cystobiliary communication (CBC) presents with biliary leakage, if the cystobiliary opening cannot be detected and repaired at operation. We investigated the clinical signs associated with the risk of occult CBC in the preoperative period by studying patients who developed biliary leakage after hydatid liver surgery. METHODS We analyzed the records of 191 patients treated fo...

On the basis of their abilities to bind bile acids and/or cholesterol, the physiological role(s) of liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) and sterol carrier protein (SCP) 2/SCP-x (SCP-2/SCP-x) gene products in biliary bile acid and cholesterol formation was examined in gene-ablated male mice. L-FABP (LKO) or L-FABP/SCP-2/SCP-x [triple-knockout (TKO)] ablation markedly decreased hepatic bile...

Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis develop progressive ductopenia associated with the production of antimitochondrial antibodies that react with a protein aberrantly expressed on biliary epithelial cells and peri-hepatic lymph nodes. Although no specific microbe has been identified, it is thought that an infectious agent triggers this autoimmune liver disease in genetically predisposed ind...

We present the first description of choledocholithiases in a 10-year-old boy with Hemoglobin Evans. Although biliary stones are much less common in children than in adults, epigastric pain in children with known hemolytic status should alert the physician to the possibility of biliary colic.

Common bile duct stone is a relatively frequent disorder with prevalence of 15 to 20% in patients gallstones. This also associated serious complications, including obstructive jaundice, acute suppurative cholangitis, and pancreatitis. Early diagnosis prompt treatment are the most important for managing CBD stones. Various approaches laparoscopic exploration plus primary closure commonly used be...

The first description of percutaneous biliary drainage in the United States appeared in 1965 [1]. The percutaneously placed catheters were left in the obstructed biliary tract for drainage for up to 5 days. Since then, biliary drainage techniques have advanced substantially, and options have proliferated. Now, the nonsurgical palliation of malignant biliary obstruction, accomplished either endo...

Diffuse biliary papillomatosis is a rare bile duct tumour. We report a case of multiple biliary papillomatosis treated surgically with a transhepatic stent. Diffuse biliary papillomatosis involving intra and extrahepatic bile ducts is extremely rare. It is regarded as having low grade malignant potential. In this report a case of diffuse biliary papillomatosis with obstructive jaundice is prese...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to describe the technique and utility of functional MR cholangiography (fMRC) in the evaluation of the gallbladder and biliary tree. CONCLUSION FMRC has the potential to provide a comprehensive examination for the anatomic and functional assessment of the gallbladder and biliary tree. Complex anatomic abnormalities and functional disorders can be shown by fMRC, inc...

Chronic pancreatitis can be complicated by benign biliary stricture in about 5-40% of the patients[1]. The severity of this biliary narrowing varies with patients having a wide range of presentation ranging from asymptomatic elevation of liver enzymes to deep jaundice and cholangitis. It is important to treat biliary obstruction, as long standing biliary stricture can lead on to secondary bilia...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The aims of the present study were to review biliary complications following liver transplantation in a single-center experience, to identify the factors associated with biliary complications, and to evaluate the success of endoscopic and percutaneous treatment in such patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 1994 and June 2010, a total of 176 patients with liver diseas...