Opisthorchiatic solitary intrahepatic cyst.

Eleven patients were documented as having opisthorchiatic solitary intrahepatic cyst by roentgenography--P.T.C.

Caroli's disease with common duct stones and ascariasis.

A 36-year-old woman with chief complaints of colicky right upper quadrant pain, fever, and intermittent jaundice for 3 months, proved to have Caroli's disease associated with choledocholithiasis and ascariasis of the common bile duct, documented by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and operation.

Causes of cholestasis in Thailand. A study of 276 consecutive patients.

The causes of cholestasis in 276 patients with a total of 296 lesions were studied. Extrahepatic cholestasis was found in 58.4 percent of the patients, and 41.

Biliary tract disease in Thailand.

One hundred and eighty-nine patients were documented as having biliary tract disease. Two hundred and nine lesions were found. The prevalence of malignant disease of the biliary tract was represented by 30.

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography with the Chiba needle in patients with biliary calculi.

In a prospective study, 276 consecutive patients were evaluated using percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) with a Chiba needle prior to surgery for cholestasis. Biliary calculi were diagnosed in 109 patients. The success rate was 92.

A clinical study of cholangiocarcinoma caused cholestasis in Thailand.

Cholangiocarcinoma is the leading cause of cholestasis among patients with malignant tumors, 63.5 per cent, while carcinoma of the head of the pancreas is the most common cause in western countries. A clinical history of progressive cholestasis; signs and symptoms of cholestasis; slow progressive clinical course, and mostly importantly, 96.