Flashcards: Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas

A pancreatic pseudocyst is a circumscribed collection of fluid rich in pancreatic enzymes, blood, and necrotic tissue, typically located in the lesser sac of the abdomen.

Biliary dyskinesia is a disorder of some component of biliary part of the digestive system in which bile physically can not move normally in the proper direction through the tubular biliary tract.

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas.

Choledochal cysts (aka bile duct cyst) are congenital conditions involving cystic dilatation of bile ducts.

Ascending cholangitis, also known as acute cholangitis or simply cholangitis, is an infection of the bile duct (cholangitis), usually caused by bacteria ascending from its junction with the duodenum (first part of the small intestine).

Biliary atresia, also known as extrahepatic ductopenia, progressive obliterative cholangiopathy or "Kotb disease", is a childhood disease of the liver in which one or more bile ducts are abnormally narrow, blocked, or absent.

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder.

Chronic pancreatitis is a long-standing inflammation of the pancreas that alters the organ's normal structure and functions.

The acholia is the lack or absence of bile secretion.

A gallstone is a stone formed within the gallbladder out of bile components.

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction refers to a group of functional disorders leading to abdominal pain due to dysfunction of the Sphincter of Oddi: functional biliary sphincter of Oddi and functional pancreatic sphincter of Oddi disorder.

Acute pancreatitis or acute pancreatic necrosis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas.

Cholestasis is a condition where bile cannot flow from the liver to the duodenum.

Biliary sludge refers to a viscous mixture of small particles derived from bile.

Biliary pseudolithiasis refers to an unusual complication of ceftriaxone where the drug complexes with calcium and mimics gallstones.