CA
A 28-year-old male asked:
what is the definition or description of: biliary?
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Dr. Jay Stylman answered
General Surgery 38 years experience
Pertaining to bile: Biliary means anything related to the production, storage, secretion, or flow of bile, whether in the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, or into the intestines.
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Dr. Dean Giannone answered
Internal Medicine 25 years experience
Biliary.: Related to the biliary system - the bodily system responsible for the production, storage and deployment of bile - which would include the liver, gallbladder, cystic duct, hepatic ducts and common bile duct.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
What is mild intra and extrahepatic biliary ductal dilatation?
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Widened biliary duct: This term comes from the radiologist and GI doctors who look for a dilated biliary duct as evidence of obstruction or blockage of the biliary duct. The intra- and extra- descriptors just refer to where along the rout of the duct they notice the dilation.
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WV
A 16-year-old male asked:
What's is a biliary scan ? How long does it take? And what do they do
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Dr. Leonid Basovich answered
Family Medicine 18 years experience
HIDA / DECIDA: Billiary scan also known as hida or decida scan is study to assess functional status of gallbladder, excretory function of liver, and potency of bile ducts system. Study takes an average from 3 to 6 h and very important for treating physician and surgeon. Decision how to treat gallbladder disease is made accounting in major extent for study report.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Can you tell me about primary biliary cirrosis?
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Dr. Alvin Lin answered
Geriatrics 30 years experience
1o biliary cirrhosis: Check out http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/primary-biliary-cirrhosis/basics/definition/con-20029377, http://www.liverfoundation.org/abouttheliver/info/pbc/ & http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/primary-biliary-cirrhosis-pbc-topic-overview for starters. Then chat w/your Gastroenterologist.
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India
A 22-year-old male asked:
Hello sir plz help for me what help a biliary illness
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More info: Please clarify. What are your concerns regarding biliary illness? Please elaborate.
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