Increase in hepatic arterial flow in response to reduced portal flow (hepatic arterial buffer response) has been demonstrated experimentally and surgically. We provide pathologic evidence for ...

Right upper quadrant ultrasound showed a mildly dilated gallbladder with sludge and dilated common bile duct (to 1.2 cm); there was no intrahepatic biliary dilation (not shown).

The authors of this Review focus on non-malignant portal vein thrombosis (PVT), the second most common cause of portal vein occlusion. Discussion includes how the two different forms of PVT ...

Ultrasound of the liver showed echogenic artifacts related to air within the biliary tree (Figure 1), as well as a dilated distal common bile duct with filling defects (not shown). Diagnostic ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – August 27, 2008 – Researchers from St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri report that EUS and EUS-FNA is 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms ...

DOI: 10.5114/wiitm.2020.93999, Published online: March 27, 2020, Authors: Maciej Sebastian, Jerzy Rudnicki ...