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The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that plays a crucial role in our digestive system. Measuring about 10 cm in length, it is comparable in size to a kiwi fruit and is located in a hollow area on the lower surface of the liver. The gallbladder's primary function is to store and concentrate bile, a fluid produced by the liver that aids in digestion.
The gallbladder's anatomy consists of three regions: the fundus, body, and neck. Extending from the neck, the cystic duct joins...

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Determining Bile Duct Density in the Mouse Liver

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Published on: April 30, 2019

Multiple Bile Duct Hamartomas

Giovanni Varotti¹, Federica Grillo², Iris Fontana³

¹Kidney Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital, IST National Institute for Cancer Research, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy. gvarotti@hotmail.com.

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

|May 26, 2017

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Bile duct hamartomas Liver metastases von Meyenburg complex

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