It is continuous with the thoracic duct, which ascends in the right side of the mediastinum medial to the azygos vein, eventually crossing to the left and emptying into the confluence of the left subclavian and jugular veins.
(CBD common bile duct, LHD left hepatic duct, RHD right hepatic duct, B1l confluence of the left caudate branch, B1r: confluence of the right caudate branch).
Klatskin's tumors are those pCCA that occur at the confluence of right and left hepatic ducts and the proximal common hepatic duct.
Cholangiocarcinomas most often occur at the confluence of the right and left bile ducts and the proximal common hepatic duct, so-called Klatskin tumors (Fig. 6).
Taking at first a northwesterly course, the river thereafter becomes much deeper and wider, especially after receiving its mightiest right-bank tributary, the Chulym, shortly below the confluence of the Shegarka River from the left.
Implantable force transducers (IFT) were inserted in the confluence of the medial and lateral heads of the left gastrocnemius tendon in 11 rabbits.
It was essential for the US 25th Infantry Division's right flank to connect with the left flank of the US 24th Infantry Division at the confluence of the Nam and the Naktong Rivers.
It was essential for the 25th Infantry Division's right flank connect with the left flank of the 24th Infantry Division at the confluence of the Nam and the Naktong Rivers.
It is an expensive confluence of problems.
My purchase followed a confluence of events.
