“I got an ultrasound, and it showed a solid mass.” Follow-up tests revealed Towle had bile duct cancer, also called ...

The findings imply that the selection of a diagnostic method for detecting postoperative residual bile duct stones should be ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Cholangiocarcinoma is classically described as an irregular narrowing of the bile duct with shouldered scalloped margins. The stricture usually causes a high-grade or complete obstruction with ...

A pancreatic cancer diagnosis is almost always serious, but symptoms often aren’t noticeable until the disease is in the ...

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday declined full approval for Intercept Pharmaceuticals' liver disease drug, ...

Biliary tract disease describes any disease that affects the biliary tract the gall bladder, bile ducts and accompanying structures. Examples include primary sclerosing cholangitis, secondary ...

This is the heartwarming moment a liver donor meets the boy whose life she saved at the Cleveland Clinic during the summer. Sandy Flash donated a portion of her liver to a one-year-old boy named Sonny ...

An Albuquerque hot air balloon pilot has taken on a new role of becoming his own biggest health advocate in order to get a ...

PBC is a rare and chronic liver disease that disproportionately affects women. The condition causes the small bile ducts in ...

The FDA informed Intercept that it is unable to approve the sNDA in its current form, consistent with the outcome of the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee (GIDAC) meeting in September 2024. In ...