biliary atresia is characterized by the progressive obliteration of extra- and intrahepatic biliary duct system leading to the obstruction of bile flow in infancy. the cause(s) of biliary atresia remain unclear and many surgical options for bypassing the atretic segment have been described. 1-3 biliary atresia may be associated with small bowel atresia.  the surgical interventions for biliary d...

There are three common types of gallbladder disorders, Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Functional Gallbladder Disorder. Cholelithiasis is a disease characterized by the formation of gallstones and/or the accumulation of biliary sludge in the gallbladder or cystic duct. Cholecystitis is a disease characterized by chronic or acute infection and inflammation of the gallbladder. Functional gallb...

BACKGROUND A variety of benign etiologies of biliary stricture may initially be mistaken for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Consequently, many patients undergo surgery for a benign disease that could have been treated medically. Eosinophilic cholangitis (EC) is an uncommon, benign, self-limiting disease that should be considered when approaching a case of obstructive jaundice since it causes biliary...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com been described almost exclusively in liver transplant patients, more often during the first years of orthotopic liver transplant, when graft preservation techniques were less advanced [1-3]. Nowadays, the prevalence of bile duct filling defects due to sludge or casts is reported to be around 3 % [4]. The casts can develop at any level of the biliary...

BACKGROUND Situs inversus totalis is a rare autosomal disorder in which the patient's affected visceral organs are a perfect mirror image of their normal positions. Surgery in these patients is technically challenging. Minimally invasive surgery such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for symptomatic cholelithiasis, but it can be difficult to perform. Laparoscopic cholecy...

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) represent the major clinical entities of chronic cholestatic liver diseases. Both disorders are characterized by portal inflammation and slowly progress to obliterative fibrosis and eventually liver cirrhosis. Although immune-pathogenic mechanisms have been implicated in the pathogenesis of PBC and PSC, neither disorder is...

Intractable pruritus secondary to bile salts retention in Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) can be relieved surgically by diverting bile drainage from ileum to reduce bile salts reabsorption into entero-hepatic circulation. We are reporting on the successful biliary diversion in a child with PFIC, with the use of the appendix as a conduit to drain bile from gallbladder to the...

BACKGROUND Double gallbladder is a rare biliary anomaly. Perinatal diagnosis of the disorder has been reported in only 6 cases, and in 5 of them the diagnosis was based on ultrasound imaging only. However, the ultrasound technique alone does not provide a sufficiently precise description of cystic ducts and biliary anatomy, an information that is crucial for a correct classification and for a p...

INTRODUCTION Liver and biliary tract disorders in the neonate are relatively rare and often complex. AIMS To evaluate the incidence of neonatal liver and biliary tract disorders, main causes, clinical presentation, treatment and outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical, imagiological, laboratory, pathological and autopsy data concerning all newborns with liver and biliary tract disorder admit...

The relationship between histopathology of liver and preoperative liver functional data was studied in 151 cases with cholelithiasis to clarify how gallstones effect on the hepatic tissues. The results were as follows. 1. Histologically, 80 % of all the cases showed hepatic inflammation. 2. The group with cholecystolithiasis had the highest frequency of hepatic parenchymatous changes. 3. The da...