Bile duct cancer is also called cholangiocarcinoma. It is a rare type of cancer that develops in the bile ducts. The bile ducts are small tubes that connect the liver and gallbladder to the small ...

1 Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, General Surgery Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China 2 Department of Abdominal Surgery, Guiqian International General ...

This muscular organ also concentrates and releases bile into the digestive system. When bile is needed, the gallbladder contracts, forcing the fluid through a tube called the cystic duct. The ...

is misleading as it implies occluded drainage and solely nasolacrimal duct pathology. 'Normal' tear dynamics cannot be defined, comprising of a complex interplay of tear production, evaporation ...

PBC is a rare autoimmune disease of the bile ducts, mostly affecting women. Common symptoms include intense itching, skin-crawling sensations, and fatigue. Friday's panelists may take into account ...

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) or bile duct cancer, is a rare, aggressive liver cancer with a poor prognosis, which occurs mostly in people older than age 50. It is often diagnosed when it is advanced ...

What are congenital liver defects? Congenital liver defects are liver disorders that are present at birth. They are rare. These liver disorders usually block the bile ducts. This affects the flow of ...

Credit: Piasecki Aircraft Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) demonstrator, more than a decade after it was ...

And also genetic and environmental factors. Anything that can increase your risk of cancer is called a risk factor. Bile duct cancer is rare. Most bile duct cancers develop with no obvious cause. But ...

A minority of cases of biliary atresia may be caused by defects in morphogenesis of the bile ducts. Potential etiologies for the more common perinatal form of biliary atresia include viral ...