For five years, my patient has been experiencing several episodes a year of what appears to be biliary colic — severe epigastric and right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain that begins shortly after ...

This session of the program addressed 2 important clinical topics: sphincter of Oddi dysfunction and restenosis of the biliary sphincter following sphincterotomy. Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction as an ...

Background A 34-year-old Hispanic woman at 34 weeks' gestation presented with upper-abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting of 1 day's duration. She had no active medical problems and had undergone two ...

Most gallstones cause no symptoms at all but if a bile duct becomes blocked you made experience sudden and severe pain. The official medical term for this is biliary colic and when gallstones cause ...

The presence of a gravid uterus in a woman with acute biliary symptoms poses several unique challenges since the underlying disease and/or its various treatments can adversely affect both mother and ...

Adolescents and teens experience biliary side effects after weight-loss surgery at about the same rate as adults. However, in younger patients, the symptoms are more likely to manifest as pancreatic ...

Gallstones don’t need to be obvious to be dangerous. Catching them early can help prevent serious complications ...

Gallstones are more common in patients with acromegaly than in the general population. Somatostatin analogs—the gold standard medical treatment for patients with acromegaly—are associated with a ...