Ultrasound guided percutaneous transhepatic cholecystography offers a safe, sensitive technique for the early differentiation between intra and extrahepatic neonatal cholestasis.

As part of an evaluation for abdominal pain, a right upper quadrant ultrasound was performed that demonstrated moderate ascites, distended gallbladder, intra- and extrahepatic ductal dilation, a ...

Gallstones seem to increase the risk of both intra- and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. However, this risk seems to decline to the level of the background population with time after cholecystectomy.

They also noted that the extrahepatic bile ducts were diffusely dilated both proximal and distal to stones. This latter feature is likely related to the loss of ductal elasticity that occurs with RPC.

Eligible patients had pathologically proven, locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma arising from the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts or gallbladder with no prior chemotherapy. Patients were ...