| cholangiography |
A study that examines the bile ducts with the aid of x-rays. These studies may be performed by multiple different techniques including ERCP, CT scan, ultrasound and MRI.
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| cholangitis |
An infection of bile ducts. Usually bacterial nature, this disease is usually treated with antibiotics. On occasion, an ERCP will be required in order to relieve any obstruction which may have predisposed a patient to this type of infection.
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| cholangitis |
irritated or infected bile ducts.
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| cholangitis |
inflammation of a bile duct or the entire biliary tree.
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| cholangiocarcinoma |
A rare type of cancer that develops in cells that line the bile ducts in the liver. Cancer that forms where the right and left ducts meet is called Klatskin tumor.
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