Bile Duct Obstruction: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
2024年1月30日 · Your bile ducts are the tiny canals that allow bile to flow from your liver (where it’s made) to your gallbladder (where it’s stored) to your small intestine (where it helps with digestion). Bile ducts also help move bilirubin out of your liver.
Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) - Symptoms and causes
2023年6月6日 · Bile ducts connect your liver to your gallbladder and to your small intestine. Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, occurs mostly in people older than age 50, though it can occur at any age.
Primary biliary cholangitis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2023年11月14日 · Primary biliary cholangitis is an autoimmune disease in which the bile ducts are inflamed and slowly destroyed. It previously was called primary biliary cirrhosis. Bile is a fluid made in the liver. It helps with digestion and absorbing certain vitamins.
What Are Bile Ducts? - Cleveland Clinic
Bile ducts are tiny canals that connect some of the organs in your digestive system. Their purpose is to carry bile between these organs. The organs and bile ducts together form your biliary system. It includes your liver, your gallbladder and your small intestine.
Biliary Tract: What It Is, Anatomy & Common Conditions - Cleveland Clinic
2023年9月19日 · Your bile ducts collect bile where it’s created in your liver and carry it to the other organs in your biliary tract. All branches lead to the common bile duct, the main trunk of the biliary tree, which leads to your duodenum.
Biliary Obstruction: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and More - WebMD
2023年9月10日 · Bile duct or biliary obstruction is blockage of one or more bile ducts in your body. If your bile duct is blocked, it can’t transport bile or pancreatic juice to your intestines for digestion....
Bile Duct Obstruction: Symptoms, Treatment, and Causes - Healthline
2023年3月20日 · A biliary obstruction blocks the bile ducts, which carry bile to the small intestine for digestion and waste removal. Learn about symptoms, causes, and more.
Biliary System Anatomy and Functions - Johns Hopkins Medicine
When the liver cells secrete bile, it is collected by a system of ducts that flow from the liver through the right and left hepatic ducts. These ducts ultimately drain into the common hepatic duct. The common hepatic duct then joins with the cystic duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct.
Overview of Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
The biliary tract consists of small tubes (ducts) that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and then to the small intestine. The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped sac located beneath the liver. It stores bile. When bile is needed, as when people eat, the gallbladder contracts, pushing bile through the bile ducts into the small intestine.
Bile duct obstruction: Symptoms, causes, and treatment - Medical News Today
2024年5月10日 · A bile duct obstruction is when one of the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine becomes blocked. Symptoms may include nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, and abdominal...