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What can cause an orangish brown stool? stools are soft and formed. does orangish stool mean bile duct blockage or cancer?
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Not usually: Bile duct blockage presents with clay-gray colored stools or even dark stools if it bleeds or if sits at the end of the duct (ampulla). Never heard of orange stools.
Answered 7/23/2019
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