Jaundice coupled with abdominal pain signals a potential bile duct obstruction, a serious condition requiring immediate ...

A liver ultrasound is a noninvasive test a doctor orders to examine the liver, its blood vessels, and sometimes the gallbladder. Abnormal results may indicate a person has liver disease or signal an ...

Biliary atresia is a rare liver disease where bile ducts become blocked, leading to rapid liver damage in infants. Early diagnosis, ideally within the first 60 days of life, is the single most ...

The most common cause of cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes include severe illness or infection, tumors, and injury or trauma. Cholecystitis is the medical term for gallbladder ...

The ongoing search for a putative virus involved in the pathogenesis of BA has led to conflicting findings regarding at least three different viruses: reovirus, rotavirus, and CMV. Interest in ...

This is a schematic diagram illustrating how hepatocytes or liver cells clear excess bile from blocked ducts. (A) Bile ducts are blocked in diseases such as biliary atresia. (B) Bile builds up behind ...

Persistently elevated liver enzymes may be caused by certain types of cancer, including liver, colon, breast, stomach, pancreas, and skin cancers. Liver enzymes are proteins produced by your liver.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Baby Aleia Widlund of Rosebank has been through more medically than most adults. She is three months old. The second daughter of Patrick and Tara Widlund, Aleia has biliary ...