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Obstrucción de las vías biliares - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Obstrucción biliar

Síntomas:

Signos y exámenes:

El médico examinará el abdomen y podrá palpar la vesícula biliar.

Los siguientes resultados de exámenes de sangre podrían ser un signo de una posible obstrucción:

  • Nivel de bilirrubina elevado
  • Nivel de fosfatasa alcalina elevado
  • Enzimas hepáticas elevadas

Cualquiera de los siguientes exámenes se puede utilizar para investigar una posible obstrucción de las vías biliares:

Una vía biliar obstruida también puede alterar los resultados de los siguientes exámenes:

  • Reviewed last on: 5/23/2010
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California.

Referencias

Attasaranya S, Fogel EL.. Choledocholithiasis, ascending cholangitis, and gallstone pancreatitis. Medical Clinics of North America. 2008 Jul;92(4).

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