During the dissection I found the cystic duct to be dilated so I transfixed it. I did not do an intraoperative cholangiogram. The excised gallbladder had no stone! Postoperatively, the ultrasound ...

The key elements in pathogenesis seem to be an obstruction of the cystic duct in the presence of bile supersaturated with cholesterol. 11 Brief impaction may cause pain only, but if impaction is ...

The liver produces bile. Bile flows down a system of bile ducts in the liver to meet at the common hepatic duct. Much of the bile flows into the cystic duct and enters the gallbladder for storage.

The left and right hepatic ducts come together outside the liver, forming the common hepatic duct. It’s connected to your gallbladder by the cystic duct. These ducts move bile from your liver to ...

The ductal epithelium forms a papillary projection into the duct and mucin production causes intraluminal cystic dilation of the pancreatic ducts. Imaging studies demonstrate diffuse dilation of the ...

In this study, we examined the clinicopathological features of nine cases of biliary cystic tumors with bile duct communication. They were composed of five males and four females with an average a ...

These gallstones can block the cystic duct, the channel through which bile flows from the gallbladder to the small intestine. This blockage leads to a buildup of bile in the gallbladder ...