Question 1

Gallbladder and bile duct are normal but have stones and had one attack. can diet do the trick or do i need surgery?

Accepted Answer

Additional testing may clarify the need for surgery. Do you have elevated liver tests? Have you had a CCK-HIDA scan?

Question 2

What causes your common bile duct to be dilated 12mm when you don't have a gallbladder.

Accepted Answer

At the end of the duct, just at it's entry to the intestine. There is a circular muscle that closes off the duct when bile is not needed to digest foods.  Since the liver never stops making bile, it will build up inside the bile ducts and stretch them out when a gallbladder has been removed. A stone could block the duct but will produce symptoms.  The stretched open ducts happen without symptoms.

Question 3

After my gallbladder removal my bile duct has stricture.an ercp has performed but it remains. what should i do?

Accepted Answer

Usually to treat a stricture they may place a stent to keep it open. An ERCP alone is just diagnostic.

Question 4

Had my gallbladder removed in 2008. had a bile duct stone removed 2009.still having the same symptoms of gallbladder/stone pain.tests so nothing.sos!?

Accepted Answer

Still have common bile duct stones, or other obstructions of your biliary system.  You need blood tests and possible sonogram, ct scan with contrast, and possibly an ercp.

Question 5

Gallbladder us shows 5mm soft tissue fullness with adjacent wall thickness no stone or sludge. normal thickness  and bile duct elsewhere.do i need to?

Accepted Answer

Inflammation of gall bladder may occur without gall stones would recommend gastroenterologist and ct scan of abdomen and pelvis.

Question 6

I have an inflammed common bile duct with no stones determined during gallbladder removal . what can be the other reasons?

Accepted Answer

If you are otherwise recovering well from gallbladder removal surgery, you can rest assured the inflammation was part of the disease process and nothing more. If you have jaundice, yellow eyes and skin, losing weight, feeling poorly then get in to your doc, consider ERCP and biopsy. Be well.

Question 7

No gallbladder but keeps getting stones in the bile duct leading to surgery, where are they coming from, why and can they prevented?

Accepted Answer

Usually stones are formed in the gall bladder and come down to common bile duct. So many times they are left in the common bile duct from before removing the gall bladder, in that case, they will give pain symptoms later. ERCP is required to remove those stones. Please discuss with your Physician.

Question 8

Had my gallbladder taken out over 30 years ago. had mri recently and results state i have a linear artifact in my bile duct. what can it be?

Accepted Answer

It could very well be a surgical clip intentionally placed in that area by your surgeon at that time.

Question 9

Brother, 52, has been told he has obstructive cholelithiasis. does this indicate gallstones in the common bile duct instead of the gallbladder?

Accepted Answer

Stone in gallbladder does not cause obstruction. When a stone moves out of the gallbladder, coming down along with the bile and the stone is stuck on his way to the intestine then the condition is called obstructive cholelithiasis. The term cholelithiasis means stone(s) at anywhere in the biliary system. However, when stone(s) is (are) seen in the gallbladder, we call it (them) gallstone(s).

Question 10

Before and after my gallbladder removal my bile duct has been dilated even still a year later, this causes a lot of pain, will this go away itself?

Accepted Answer

You should get it checked out. Sometime there is stone which could be retained in cbd to cause dilation and pain.

Bile duct obstruction with no gallbladder

Gallbladder and bile duct are normal but have stones and had one attack. can diet do the trick or do i need surgery?

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What causes your common bile duct to be dilated 12mm when you don't have a gallbladder.

After my gallbladder removal my bile duct has stricture.an ercp has performed but it remains. what should i do?

Had my gallbladder removed in 2008. had a bile duct stone removed 2009.still having the same symptoms of gallbladder/stone pain.tests so nothing.sos!?

Gallbladder us shows 5mm soft tissue fullness with adjacent wall thickness no stone or sludge. normal thickness and bile duct elsewhere.do i need to?

I have an inflammed common bile duct with no stones determined during gallbladder removal . what can be the other reasons?

No gallbladder but keeps getting stones in the bile duct leading to surgery, where are they coming from, why and can they prevented?

Had my gallbladder taken out over 30 years ago. had mri recently and results state i have a linear artifact in my bile duct. what can it be?

Brother, 52, has been told he has obstructive cholelithiasis. does this indicate gallstones in the common bile duct instead of the gallbladder?

Before and after my gallbladder removal my bile duct has been dilated even still a year later, this causes a lot of pain, will this go away itself?

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