Causes
A history of gallstones, chronic pancreatitis, abdominal injury, bile duct surgery, infection, or tumors of the bile duct or pancreas.
Symptoms
- Abdominal pain
- Jaundice
- Pancreatitis
- Itching
- Light brown urine
- Fatigue
- Weight loss
- Fever
- Clay-colored stools
Diagnosis
- Blood tests
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Abdominal CT scan
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTCA)
Treatment
- Surgery
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)