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The JSPBM committee on PBM diagnostic criteria states that anatomical examination findings or imaging characteristics are used to diagnose PBM. The diagnosis is confirmed by the existence of an abnormally long common channel, an abnormal union between the pancreatic and bile ducts, or a pancreatic-biliary junction outside the duodenal wall. [2]
Besides providing information regarding the biliary system, MRCP also provides information regarding surrounding solid organs and blood vessels, thus useful for planning the resection of pancreatic cancer and look for complications of primary sclerosing cholangitis such as liver cirrhosis and cholangiocarcinoma. [5]
Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes K83 within Chapter XI: Diseases of the digestive system should be included in this category. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diseases and disorders of biliary tract .
Functional disorders of the gallbladder, bile duct and pancreas have been defined and classified by the Rome criteria for functional gastrointestinal disorders. [2] The criteria outline three variants of functional disorders of the gallbladder, bile duct and pancreas, termed functional gallbladder disorder, functional biliary sphincter of Oddi disorder and functional pancreatic sphincter of ...
biliary dyskinesia; ICD-10 code K83: other diseases of the biliary tract: cholangitis (including ascending cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis) obstruction, perforation, fistula of biliary tract (bile duct) spasm of sphincter of Oddi; biliary cyst; biliary atresia
Papillary stenosis is a disturbance of the sphincter of Oddi, a muscular valve, that prevents the opening and release of bile or pancreatic fluids into the duodenum in response to food entering the duodenum. Obstruction of the valve can cause: pancreatic pain; jaundice – bile leaking back into the blood stream. attacks of pancreatitis
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technique that combines the use of endoscopy and fluoroscopy to diagnose and treat certain problems of the biliary or pancreatic ductal systems. It is primarily performed by highly skilled and specialty trained gastroenterologists.
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas.Causes include a gallstone impacted in the common bile duct or the pancreatic duct, heavy alcohol use, systemic disease, trauma, elevated calcium levels, hypertriglyceridemia (with triglycerides usually being very elevated, over 1000 mg/dL), certain medications, hereditary causes and, in children, mumps.