Small tubes transport bile from the gallbladder and deposit it in the common bile duct. From there, it moves to the small intestine. Sometimes, gallstones can lodge or form in the common bile duct.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Symptoms typically start when the cancerous tumor blocks the bile duct. The most common symptom of bile duct cancer is ...

Lucknow: King George's Medical University (KGMU) introduced a new non-surgical procedure to remove common bile duct (CBD) stones, which occur when a gallstone is present in the common bile duct ...

The kind of radiation we recommend depends on the type of bile duct cancer, the location of the tumor, and whether it has spread. External-beam radiation therapy is the most common type of radiation ...

You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called neoadjuvant therapy. If you receive chemotherapy after surgery to destroy and cancer cells that may remain, it ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...