Biliary Tract Diseases
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Diseases in any part of the BILIARY TRACT including the BILE DUCTS and the GALLBLADDER. |
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GEN: prefer specifics; biliary empyema = EMPYEMA (IM) + BILIARY TRACT DISEASES (IM) or if of gallbladder, EMPYEMA, GALLBLADDER see CHOLECYSTITIS; inflamm dis = CHOLECYSTITIS or CHOLANGITIS; calculi = BILIARY CALCULI see GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLEL |
Biliary Tract Diseases Categories.
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Bile Duct Diseases - Diseases in any part of the ductal system of the BILIARY TRACT from the smallest BILE CANALICULI to the largest COMMON BILE DUCT. |
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Bile Reflux - Retrograde bile flow. Reflux of bile can be from the duodenum to the stomach (DUODENOGASTRIC REFLUX); to the esophagus (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX); or to the PANCREAS. |
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Cholelithiasis - Presence or formation of GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, usually in the gallbladder (CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS) or the common bile duct (CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS). |
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Gallbladder Diseases - Diseases of the GALLBLADDER. They generally involve the impairment of BILE flow, GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, infections, neoplasms, or other diseases. |
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Postcholecystectomy Syndrome - Abdominal symptoms after removal of the GALLBLADDER (CHOLECYSTECTOMY). The common postoperative symptoms are often the same as those present before the operation, such as COLIC, bloating, NAUSEA, and VOMITING. There is pain on palpation of the right upper quadrant and sometimes JAUNDICE. The term is often used, inaccurately, to describe such postoperative symptoms not due to gallbladder removal. |
Biliary Tract Diseases Definitions and Terms
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