Biliary obstruction involves blockage of any duct that carries bile from the liver to the gallbladder or from the gallbladder to the small intestine. It may have benign or malignant causes, and can ...

What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your abdomen, ...

Biliary atresia (BA) is a condition characterized by a discontinuity or obliteration of the extrahepatic or biliary system that results in bile flow obstruction. It is a rare disorder in newborn ...

A systematic review of 24 studies of ultrasound-based elastography and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for assessing liver fibrosis in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) ...

Sonograms and ultrasounds are closely related but refer to different things. An ultrasound is an imaging tool that produces a sonogram. Often, the terms sonogram and ultrasound are used ...

Based on the onset of disease, biliary atresia is classified as fetal and perinatal. In the fetal type, the biliary duct obstruction occurs during pregnancy in-utero. While the perinatal type occurs ...

Neonatal hepatitis (NH) and biliary atresia are two separate conditions that share specific symptoms. Both conditions affect newborn infants and can cause liver damage. Bile is a substance the liver ...

Evidence-based recommendations on endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage for biliary obstruction. This involves passing a thin tube (called an endoscope) with an ultrasound probe at the tip ...