Diseases

Biliary Tract Diseases

Diseases in any part of the BILIARY TRACT including the BILE DUCTS and the GALLBLADDER.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Diseases in any part of the BILIARY TRACT including the BILE DUCTS and the GALLBLADDER.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Biliary Tract Disease
  • Disease, Biliary Tract
  • Diseases, Biliary Tract
  • Tract Disease, Biliary
  • Tract Diseases, Biliary

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; biliary empyema equals EMPYEMA and BILIARY TRACT DISEASES or if of gallbladder, EMPYEMA, GALLBLADDER see CHOLECYSTITIS; inflammatory disease equals CHOLECYSTITIS or CHOLANGITIS; calculi equals BILIARY CALCULI see GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLELITHIASIS

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History Note

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  1. C06w.130

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biliary Tract Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001660. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001660
  2. Biliary Tract Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18558210