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Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a typical example of an autoimmune disease involving the bile ducts
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What do dilated intrahepatic bile ducts indicate?
Dilated intrahepatic bile ducts usually indicate an abnormal blockage downstream. Intrahepatic bile ducts are the small bile ducts in the liver that collect the liver cells' bile for transport to the larger bile ducts that become a single bile duct.
What is chronic biliary cirrhosis?
It is a progressive disease characterized by destruction of small bile ducts
What is biliary?
Pertaining to bile or the bile ducts.
Can biliary tract disease cause stomachaches?
Biliary tract disease, disorders of the gallbladder, bile, and bile ducts. Biliary pain is a severe persistent pain in the upper middle or upper right region of the abdomen.
What bacteria infects the bile ducts?
The bacterium most commonly associated with infection of the bile ducts is Escherichia coli
Another name for small bile ducts?
Bile canaliculi
Picture of bile and or bile ducts?
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Which medical conditions may be indicated by enlarged bile ducts on a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography?
The medical conditions indicated by enlarged bile ducts on this x ray test are obstructive or non-obstructive jaundice, gallstones, hepatitis, cirrhosis, granulomatous disease, cancer.
What is another name for small bile ducts?
common bile duct
What are the functions of bile canaliculi?
Bile canaliculi act as ducts that collect bile secreted from hepatic cells.
What does Biliary mean?
Of bile or of the gallbladder and bile ducts that transport bile and make up the biliary system or tract
Does elephant have gallbladder?
No. Bile is secreted through ducts.
