The aim of the study was to evaluate the intrahepatic ramification of hepatic veins and biliary ducts in American mink liver. Minks are not classical laboratory animals, but with the expansion of fur farming these animals have become available for many biomedical researches. Hepatic veins and biliary ducts of the mink liver were studied by dissection and injection corrosion technique. We determ...

BACKGROUND This retrospective study aimed to investigate the incidence of each type of accessory hepatic duct by drip infusion cholangiography with CT (DIC-CT). METHODS Five hundred sixty nine patients who underwent preoperative DIC-CT and laparoscopic cholecystectomy were reviewed. Accessory hepatic ducts were classified as follows: type I (accessory hepatic ducts that merged with the common...

The gall bladder (Latin: vesica fellea or vesica basilaris) is the storage organ for the bile and has a storage capacity of 40 – 50 ml. On its way from the liver to the duodenum, the bile runs through a duct system which is referred to as the bile ducts. The function of the gall bladder and the bile ducts is an elementary prerequisite for the complex process of digestion and can be impaired by ...

resulting into the parallel or spiral type. In the parallel type, the 2 ducts are usually joined with fibrous tissue which might express great difficulty in their exposure and separation during cholecystectomy. The ratio of the spiral type of junction was slightly lower than that found in America (8%), but markedly lower than that reported in Britain which equaled to 25%. The liver seemed to be...

Bcl-2 is an intracytoplasmic and membrane-associated apoptosis suppressor, and its overexpression is closely associated with survival of malignant tumors, in particular their aggressive behavior and poor prognosis. The role of Bcl-2 is, however, still controversial in cholangiocarcinogenesis because of the discrepancies in the expression of the protein. In the present study, alteration in the e...

Vanishing Bile Duct Syndrome (VBDS) refers to the group of acquired disorders associated with progressive destruction and disappearance of the intrahepatic bile ducts and, ultimately, cholestasis. This is a final common pathologic pathway, resulting from multiple etiologies including autoimmune disorders, medications, genetic abnormalities, infectious diseases, and neoplastic disorders.1 Variou...

The gall bladder (Latin: vesica fellea or vesica basilaris) is the storage organ for the bile and has a storage capacity of 40 – 50 ml. On its way from the liver to the duodenum, the bile runs through a duct system which is referred to as the bile ducts. The function of the gall bladder and the bile ducts is an elementary prerequisite for the complex process of digestion and can be impaired by ...

The ability to induce proliferation by temporary duct ligation suggested an hypothesis that retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into cells of the biliary tract could be accomplished. The time course of histologic changes, incorporation of 3H-thymidine and immunofluorescent staining with a monoclonal antibody to cytokeratin-19 (a marker for differentiated bile ducts) was studied in male Fischer F3...

The gall bladder (Latin: vesica fellea or vesica basilaris) is the storage organ for the bile and has a storage capacity of 40 – 50 ml. On its way from the liver to the duodenum, the bile runs through a duct system which is referred to as the bile ducts. The function of the gall bladder and the bile ducts is an elementary prerequisite for the complex process of digestion and can be impaired by ...

Most biliary tract neoplasms are malignant and have been traditionally divided into cancers of the gallbladder, the extrahepatic bile ducts, and ampulla of Vater. Although infrequent, bile duct carcinomas and cancer of the gallbladder are not rare. In the United States, an estimated 6000-7000 new cases of carcinoma of the gallbladder and 3000-4000 new cases of carcinoma of the bile ducts are di...