See Also: bile duct stricture(medicine)
Bile duct(medicine)
Bile duct cancer(health)
adenoma, bile duct(medicine)
Cancer, bile duct(health)
Common bile duct(health)
common bile duct(medicine)
bile duct pressure(medicine)
bile duct obstruction, extrahepatic(medicine)
common bile duct neoplasms(medicine)

bile duct stricture (medicine)


bile duct stricture
<surgery> An abnormal narrowing of the common bile duct. A potential cause for biliary obstruction. Risk factors are prior surgery, pancreatitis, trauma and gallstones.

Symptoms include jaundice, fever, chills and abdominal pain. Endoscopic surgery has been successful in removing strictures of the bile duct.