Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US) or ...

Patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) should undergo surgery if there is even a small dilatation of the main pancreatic duct (MPD), say US researchers. They argue that such ...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States by 2030, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The International ...

Clinical significance of elevation of the serum IL-6 level in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Background: Intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas are characterized ...

"Enlarged bile ducts or dilated bile ducts are typically caused by a biliary tree obstruction, which can be caused by stones, tumours (usually of the papilla of Vater or the pancreas), benign ...

Researchers report that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) are 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or ...

Mammary duct ectasia represents a benign condition characterized by the dilatation of the mammary ducts. The diagnosis can be clinically challenging due to its complex and diversified symptoms, but ...

EPBD for stone extraction should be avoided in routine clinical practice; if used for patients with coagulopathy or altered surgical anatomy, care should be taken to avoid contrast injection into the ...

Bile duct cysts are atypical enlargements that develop within your biliary system. They may disrupt the normal flow of bile from the gallbladder and liver to your small intestine. Bile duct growths ...

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction was successfully treated in 91% of cases when intubation was used and in 82% of cases when balloon catheter dilation was used, researchers found in two separate, ...