Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts - part 6 pptx

... situ, and gallbladder carcinoma. They found no mutations of the p53 gene in 16 gallbladder ad- enomas but did identify K-ras mutations in 25% of the adeno- mas. K-ras mutations are rare in gallbladder ... and falls back into the gallbladder, which allows emptying of the gallbladder, resulting in reduction of the infl ammation. The theoretical aim of fasting...

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... animal models [64 ,65 ]. Further inves- tigation to 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 ... 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 iseasil...

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... 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 gallbladder rela- xes and the sphincter of Oddi contracts, ... the junction of the gallbladder neck and the cystic duct by defin- ing the cystic lymph node. The node may be swept in the di- rection of...

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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 ... (( 18 F) 2- uoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose, FDG) is transported into tumor cells by membrane glucose trans- porter proteins (GLUT) where it is phosphorylated by hexo- kinas...

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... steno- ses may preclude the use of EUS to examine the extrahepatic bile duct. The sensitivity and specificity of EUS in the diagno- sis of choledocholithiasis are said to be 88 to 96% and 96 to ... has the advantage of high spatial resolution, which allows depiction of both the lumen and the wall of the bile ducts, but has the disadvantage of imagi...

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... 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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... dissection of the triangle of Calot, as was done dur ing t he op en era, is the c or- rect means of anatomical identifi cation [ 16, 65 ,66 ]. The au- thor’s view is that identifi cation of the anatomy by the ... determination of resectability is made. Given the small numbers of patients and the challeng- Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Dia...

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... lesions of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts. How- ever, because of the assumed role of the intrahepatic biliary epithelium in the origin of the noncommunicating liver cysts, this group of ... classification of cystic diseases of the biliary tract • Understand the premalignant nature of cystic diseases of the biliary tract • Understand the ro...

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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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... (PFIC) cytokines and, 363 , 367 – 368 diagnosis, 364 drug-induced, 29–30, 363 , 368 –370, 368 t chronic, 368 , 369 t pathogenesis, 369 f endotoxin effects, 363 estrogen and, 363 , 366 ethanol and, 367 etiology, 364 , ... 85, 265 –2 76 bacteriology, 266 , 266 t, 267 t clinical features, 266 – 267 complications, 267 , 267 t etiology, 265 imaging, 267 – 268 laboratory findings, 267...

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