Anatomy of the extrahepatic bile ducts. Extrahepatic bile ducts are small tubes that carry bile outside of the liver. They are made up of the common hepatic duct (hilum region) and the common bile ...

Type I lesions involve the common hepatic duct (CHD ... They often manifest as a concentric thickening of the bile duct, coupled with infiltration of the periductal tissues.

In the human fetal liver, bile ducts are formed from bile duct epithelial cells surrounding the portal vein, and hepatocytes form on the outside. Both bile duct epithelial cells and hepatocytes are ...

A study has revealed that in an analysis of a procedure used to help prevent common duct injury during gallbladder removal surgery, use of intraoperative cholangiography (radiologic examination of ...