Choledochal cysts are rare congenital malformations characterised by cystic dilations of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. These anomalies not only present challenges during diagnosis, ...

Background and Aims: Biliary disease is one of the most common causes of acute pancreatitis in adults; however, this cause and outcome in children have rarely been described in the literature.

STRUCTURAL variations of the extrahepatic biliary tract are extremely common and have been extensively described, tabulated and diagrammed, in an effort to reduce the number of technical accidents ...

LITTLE attention has been paid to polypoid epithelial tumors of the bile ducts in spite of their favorable prognosis, often disabling symptoms, difficulty of clinical recognition and relation to ...

The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway mediates adaptation to stress signals and has been associated with cell death, cell proliferation, and malignant transformation in the liver.

Caroli disease (CD) is a rare, congenital disorder involving malformation of the liver. Also known as congenital communicating cavernous ectasia of the biliary tree, it involves segmental dilatation ...