A 42-year-old man presented with obstructive jaundice. Chest CT showed a left-sided mass; local nodes were positive for disease. Could the obstruction be caused by metastatic deposits in the ...

AN amputation neuroma may form from the cut ends of nerve fibers divided in the course of surgery on the biliary tree, just as it may occur elsewhere in the body. A tumor results that is not a true ...

Sorafenib versus cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A retrospective, single-institution study. Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is one of the most common ...

The patient is a 57-year-old male with an ultrasound of gallbladder for stones, a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen for stones and a pancreatic mass, and abnormal HIDA scan that showed ...

THE serum of normal persons, when analyzed by the Schoenheimer–Sperry method, contains a remarkably constant proportion (70–75 per cent) of the total cholesterol as the ester. Since 1926 1 the ...

Laparoscopic hepatic resection: Favorable short-term outcomes for colorectal cancer metastases of the left hemiliver. Background: OJ is a relatively frequent complication in patients with advanced ...

Answer: Yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (sclerae), caused by excessive amounts of the breakdown product bilirubin, because of blockage of the pathways draining bile from the ...

Bacterial infection that occurs in the setting of biliary obstruction can lead to acute cholangitis, a condition characterized by fever, abdominal pain and jaundice. Choledocholithiasis is the most ...

Jaundice is listed as one of the top 5 illnesses that are common during the summer season. The unbearable heat and soaring temperatures induces constant thirst, increasing your chances of drinking ...

JAUNDICA is common problem but often ignored. It is very important to know the cause of jaundice for the particular patient. Hepatitis in the commenest cause of jaundice, accounting above 90% of all ...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and noticed an unexpected hint of yellow in your skin or the whites of your eyes? This can be an indication of a health condition called jaundice. It is ...