| This imaging study also excluded biliary obstruction, pyaemic liver abscess, and tumour as causes of his jaundice. |
| The passage of a gallstone down the bile duct into the duodenum is very painful, and is known as biliary colic. |
| Patients with acute cholecystitis may have a history of attacks of biliary colic or they may have been asymptomatic until the presenting episode. |
| Damage to the vasculature of the biliary tree can also induce significant bile duct damage. |
| In primary biliary cirrhosis the bile ducts in the liver are attacked by the body's own immune system. |
| Abdominal pain is the most common presenting symptom in patients with pancreatic or biliary tract cancers. |
