Biliary
Biliary: Having to do with the gallbladder, bile ducts, or bile. The biliary system itself consists of the gallbladder and bile ducts and, of course, the bile.
For example, biliary atresia is the absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver.
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- Biliary atresia
Biliary atresia: Congenital absence or closure of the major bile ducts, the ducts that drain bile from the liver. Biliary atresia results in a progressive inflammatory process which may lead to cirrhosis of the liver. The infant looks normal at birth but develops jaundice after the age of 2 to 3 weeks with yellowing of […]
- Biliary compression
Biliary compression: Abnormal pressure on the biliary tree compromising the normal drainage of bile.
- Biliary decompression
Biliary decompression: A procedure done to remove pressure on the biliary tree and permit the normal drainage of bile.
- Biliary sand
Biliary sand: Biliary sand is a term, mostly used by surgeons, to describe uncountable, small particles in bile that are visible to the naked eye during the removal of a gallbladder. Biliary sand may be looked upon as a stage in the growth of the particles that begin as sludge (which are microscopic and not […]
- Biliary sludge
Biliary sludge: A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile that occurs when particles of material precipitate from bile. Bile is the fluid that is made by the liver. It is stored in the gallbladder until after a meal, when it passes out of the gallbladder and through the common bile duct into the intestine […]