(b) Long view of a dilated common bile duct using transduodenal radial EUS imaging. No intraductal pathology is seen. Endoscopic ultrasonography image of a dilated common bile duct to 1.7 cm and ...

Both bile duct epithelial cells and hepatocytes are formed by the differentiation of common progenitor cells (hepatoblasts). Molecules (ligands) from portal vein cells act on receptors called Notch on ...

But liver flukes are a major problem in Asia where bile duct cancer is much more common. A choledochal cyst (pronounced kol-eh-doke-al sist) is where part of the bile duct swells and gets wider ...

Type I lesions involve the common hepatic duct (CHD ... They often manifest as a concentric thickening of the bile duct, coupled with infiltration of the periductal tissues.