Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts - part 4 pot

... examination and histopath- ologic studies at autopsy, they concluded that the epithelium of the biliary tract, especially smaller ducts, could be injured Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: ... biliary tree and gallbladder by irradiation. They further characterized the injury as “vac- uolation, swelling, and necrosis of the epithelial cells of the...

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... with an annual incidence of SECTION 2 Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the biliary tree and gallbladder Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition ... voxel has the same dimensions in the x-, y- and z-axis and in CT, where the matrix size is 512 × 512 voxels; the dimensions are on the order of 500...

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... enter the gallbladder and a cholangiogram be done b. that the base of the gallbladder be raised off the liver bed and the cystic duct be seen to flare out into the infundibulum of the gallbladder c. ... determination of resectability is made. Given the small numbers of patients and the challeng- Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Di...

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... of the gallbladder wall can be seen when the gallbladder is in- fl amed. Other diagnostic features include edema of the head of the pancreas, dilatation of the common duct, and dilata- tion of ... [23]. The most com- mon subset includes atresia of the gallbladder and all exter- nal bile ducts. Variants include atresia of the proximal hepatic ducts w...

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... compromising the drainage of segment 4 [7]. Another form of ectopic drainage of the intrahepatic ducts is the involvement of the cystic ducts and the gallbladder (Fig. 1 .4) . As illustrated, these ... around 75% of its content. At the same time, hepatic bile bypasses the gallbladder and empties into the duodenum. At the end of the meal, the...

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... depiction of both the lumen and the wall of the bile ducts, but has the disadvantage of imaging only in the axial plane. This is offset by multidetector helical CT with which a high-quality volu- metric ... dis- cuss, EUS is proving to be a much more sensitive tool in the hunt for gallbladder stones and other disorders [7]. The man- agement of stones in the...

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... determined by the presence of comorbid diseases of the patient and the duration of the ileus [53]. In large series, the overall mortality varied between 5 and 24% (Table 14. 3). These fi gures ... and falls back into the gallbladder, which allows emptying of the gallbladder, resulting in reduction of the infl ammation. The theoretical aim of fasting is...

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... premalignant nature of cystic diseases of the biliary tract • Understand the role of liver resection for biliary cystadenoma and cystadenocarcinoma Introduction Cystic lesions of the bile ducts and liver ... with the intra- or extrahepatic bile ducts are considered as biliary cysts. The aim of this chapter is primarily to focus on cystic lesions of the...

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... over the last decade as discussed in more detail in Chapters 4, 5, and 6. The first step is an abdominal ultra- sound. The dilatation of the bile ducts iseasily visualized, and the location of the ... delineate the role of these peptides in the etiology of PSC is required. The major criticism of the theories of colonic toxins caus- ing PSC comes from s...

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... 23– 24 histopathologic features, 341 natural history, 344 – 345 , 344 f onset, 344 pathogenesis, 343 – 344 , 345 – 346 pathology, 23, 23f ‘premature ductopenia ‘ variant, 345 prognosis, 344 – 345 , 344 f PSC overlap ... duct stricture. 42 6 Index staging, 24 25, 24t, 345 – 346 , 346 t symptomatic, 344 , 347 therapy, 347 – 349 liver transplantation, 349 , 349 t preventative, 347 – 348...

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