Gallbladder and bile duct cancers are rare but aggressive, often diagnosed late due to subtle symptoms. We got in touch with an expert who explains early warning signs like jaundice, abdominal pain, ...

Anatomy of the extrahepatic bile ducts. Extrahepatic bile ducts are small tubes that carry bile outside of the liver. They are made up of the common hepatic duct (hilum region) and the common bile ...

Bile duct and gallbladder cancers are uncommon, with an estimated 12,130 new cases diagnosed this year according to the American Cancer Society. Skip to content. Menu.

‌Biliary obstruction is when your bile duct becomes blocked. Bile ducts or pancreatic ducts are vessels that carry bile from your liver and gallbladder through your pancreas to your intestines ...

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), a type of MRI that creates images of your liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreas; CT scan, which uses X-rays and a computer to create images.

A bile duct is a tube-like structure that connects through your liver, gallbladder, and pancreas before it ends in the small intestine. It’s designed to carry bile out of your gastrointestinal ...

The bile ducts move bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the small intestine where it helps digest the fats in food. Cancers can develop in any part of the bile duct system. Physicians in the ...

The lab of Dr. Mark Magnuson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University, has demonstrated that the formation of the gallbladder and ...

Researchers have discovered an optimal way to image the bile ducts during gallbladder removal surgeries using a tested and safe dye and a real-time near-infrared florescence laparoscopic camera.

People with bile duct cancer may have pale or clay-colored stools that are oily and float in water. ... Normally, it passes from the liver to the gallbladder and into the small intestine.