Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Biliary colic is a medical condition that’s also known as a “gallbladder attack.”You ...

Distinguishing malignant from benign biliary strictures remains a major clinical challenge. Endoscopic retrograde ...

Cancer Cells Also Undergo a 'Selective Sweep'—Evolutionary Pathway of Biliary Tract Cancer Development, Recurrence and Metastasis Identified ...

In Part 1, I wrote about biliary tract cancer itself. Today, I will talk about something a little different. It is about how ...

The liver produces bile, which the intestine uses for digestion. For the transport of bile, the liver relies on a network of microscopic tubings, known as bile canaliculi, formed by liver cells called ...

Biliary atresia is a rare condition that affects the bile ducts in infants. It can cause bile to build up in the liver, causing damage. It can be life threatening, but treatment may improve ...

Biliary tract cancer, a family of rare and aggressive malignancies arising from the epithelial cells of the bile ducts and gallbladder, has long been one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Now, ...

Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe neonatal liver disease characterized by inflammatory and fibrotic obliteration of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. This condition often leads to neonatal ...

Cholangiocarcinoma of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts develops through a multistep histopathologic sequence. Premalignant or non-invasive neoplastic lesions of bile ducts have been ...

It results from a slow, progressive destruction of the small bile ducts of the liver, causing bile and other toxins to build up in the liver, a condition called cholestasis. Further slow damage to the ...