Renograffin was injected showing complete absence of a common hepatic duct in one case, confirmed surgically as biliary atresia, and small, but patent extrahepatic ducts in the second case ...

It is proposed that virally induced neoantigens displayed on biliary epithelium may play a role in initiating the immune processes involved in destruction of the extrahepatic bile duct and ongoing ...

Patency of the extrahepatic bile ducts had been demonstrated in all the cases by surgical exploration or post-mortem examination. Two control groups were used: 25 consecutive autopsy cases of ...