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Your bile ducts or pancreatic ducts have been examined.

Bile is produced in the liver. The bile is transported via bile ducts within the liver towards the gallbladder. The bile is collected in the gallbladder. When you eat something, bile is released into the intestine. This is what the common bile duct to the intestine is for.

The pancreas is tucked behind the stomach in the upper abdomen. The pancreas produces messenger substances. The messenger substances control the sugar level in the blood. The pancreas also produces a fluid that is released into the intestines. This fluid contains substances that are important for the digestion of fats, proteins and sugars. The fluid from the pancreas accumulates from a lot of minor ducts into one major duct.

The common bile duct opens up into the first section of the intestine. The fluid from the bile ducts and the pancreatic ducts flows through this opening into the intestine. In your case, this opening looks different, or is in a different location, to other people’s. This type of peculiarity can complicate the examination.

To do the examination, a tube is inserted through the mouth and pushed through the stomach to this opening in the intestine. A camera is attached to the end of the tube. This camera then sends images to a screen during the examination. It can then be seen whether the tissue is healthy or changed.