Biliary disease explained

Biliary diseases include gallbladder disease and biliary tract diseases. In 2013 they resulted in 106,000 deaths up from 81,000 deaths in 1990.^[1] __TOC__

Types

• malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder
• malignant neoplasm of other parts of biliary tract
  • extrahepatic bile duct
  • ampulla of Vater
• cholelithiasis
• cholecystitis
• others (excluding postcholecystectomy syndrome), but including
  • other obstructions of the gallbladder (like strictures)
  • hydrops, perforation, fistula
  • cholesterolosis
  • biliary dyskinesia
• K83: other diseases of the biliary tract:
  • cholangitis (including ascending cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis)
  • obstruction, perforation, fistula of biliary tract
  • spasm of sphincter of Oddi
  • biliary cyst
  • biliary atresia

References

1. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.. Lancet. 17 December 2014. 25530442. 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2. 385. 9963. 4340604. 117–71.