significance of the total absence of bile pigments in feces?

Answer 1

In the absence of bile, fats become indigestible and are instead excreted in feces. In this case, the feces lacks its characteristic brown colour and instead are white or grey, and greasy. This causes significant problems in the distal parts of the intestine as normally virtually all fats are absorbed in the duodenum and the intestines and bacterial flora are not adapted to processing fats past this point.
Possible causes for clay-colored stool result from problems in the biliary system, and may include:
* Cancer or benign tumors
* Strictures (narrowings)
* Congenital anatomic problems (present at birth)
* Gallstones
* Cysts
* Medications
* Sclerosing cholangitis
* Biliary cirrhosis
* Protein or infectious infiltration
* Alcoholic hepatitis
* Viral hepatitis (A,B, or C)
Please see the web pages for more details on Bile, Bile duct obstruction (Cholestasis), Biliary stricture and Stool- pale or clay coloured.

Answer 2

Bile is manufactured in liver cells. It goes into the spaces between liver cells called sinusoids, then into bile capillaries and bile ducts. Finally, it is carried by the common bile duct into the intestine, and then it appears in feces. If there is a blockage anywhere, this will not be so. If liver cells are inflamed in hepatitis, this results in less bile carried to the intestine. If the common bile duct is completely blocked, bile does not appear in feces. Blockage may be due to gall stones. In some babies, there is blockage of the bile ducts since before birth. This condition is known as congenital biliary atresia. It results in neonatal jaundice and absence of bile pigments in feces.Surgical treatment must be done as soon as possible, otherwise it leads to liver cirrhosis.

Answer 3

Absence Of Bile

Answer 4

Well, physiologically speaking, I would say that it indicates blockage of the bile duct, either by a bile stone or a pancreatic tumor. After this, the causes are less common