Diseases of the Gall-Bladder and Bile Ducts

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The gallbladder rarely causes problems in childhood or early adulthood but from middle age onwards an increasing occurrence of gallstones may sometimes give rise to symptoms. These stones sometimes block a bile duct.

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by SA Center 2009 Cited by 175 While parenchymal liver disease is most common in the dog inflammatory disorders involving the small and mediumsized bile ducts and zone 1 periportal . Cancers of the bile duct and the gallbladder are rare. Inflammation causes the majority of gallbladder diseases due to irritation of the gallbladder walls which is known as cholecystitis. 4 Common maladies of the biliary system include gallbladder disease biliary colic and bile duct obstruction. The gallbladder is a small pearshaped sac located beneath the liver. Mutations in the MDR3 ABCB4 gene which encodes the phospholipid export pump in the canalicular membrane of the hepatocyte may cause defective phospholipid secretion into bile resulting in cholesterol supersaturation of bile and formation of cholesterol gallstones in the gallbladder and in the bile ducts. In addition the group is also very active in the surgical treatment of liver tumors bile duct problems pancreatic cancer chronic pancreatitis and other hepatobiliary diseases. The structure of the bile ducts resembles a tree. Tumors in the pancreas gallbladder or bile ducts. We work with other disciplines in the Pancreas and Liver Diseases. Right upper quadrant pain that radiates to the shoulder area is also a common complaint. by Y Choi Cited by 4 This is known as gallstone pancreatitis.