3 hinder their accurate appraisal because they have been included with other benign tumors of the bile duct and subdivided without clinical implication into papillomas, polyps and adenomas.

Rarely, gallbladder polyps may contribute to the development of cholecystitis, a condition caused by a blockage in the bile ...

Biliary colic can occur when a gallstone blocks the duct of the gallbladder ... or salts in their bile have an increased risk of developing gallbladder polyps. The liver produces bile and stores ...

Gallstones are broadly classified into 2 major types: cholesterol stones and pigment stones, with the former type being the most common. 5 They can develop either in the gallbladder or in the bile ...

Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a malignant tumour of either the bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic), or those leading from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic).

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 ...