Neoplasms of the Extra Hepatic Bile Ducts

Spontaneous extra-hepatic bile duct perforation postpartum.

Spontaneous bile duct perforation is an unusual cause of acute abdomen. It is an extremely rare condition and rarely suspected or correctly diagnosed pre-operatively. A case of a 29 year old adult female, presenting with peritonitis, 2 days post partum is presented. Exploratory laparotomy showed biliary peritonitis secondary to a perforated common bile duct. She had a cholecystectomy and closur...

Spontaneous Perforation of Extra Hepatic Bile Duct in a Child

Spontaneous perforation of biliary tree is rare. It mostly occurs in infants. Most cases are associated with biliary stone or other factors related to the bile flow. We report a case in six-year-old girl, hailing from eastern part of India, with SBP without any predisposition. She presented with acute abdomen for three days. Investigations revealed free fluid in abdomen but no free gas under di...

Intrahepatic Transposition of Bile Ducts

Objective. To describe the intrahepatic bile duct transposition (anatomical variation occurring in intrahepatic ducts) and to determine the frequency of this variation. Material and Methods. The researches were performed randomly on 100 livers of adults, both sexes. Main research methods were anatomical macrodissection. As a criterion for determination of variations in some parts of bile tree, ...

Congenital atresia of the bile ducts.

Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

Part I, describing anatomy, physiology and pathology, is both important and interesting because a concise and authoritative style has been adopted in place of the more usual stereotyped description bolstered up by theoretical discussions. Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts occupy the next two parts of the book, and the fourth is taken up with treatment. It is perhaps significant that th...