Difference between low biliary tract obstruction and high biliary tract obstruction

Low bile duct obstruction and high bile duct obstruction both belong to bile duct and bile duct obstruction, the specific differences between them are as follows: 1. clinical manifestations: both have symptoms such as jaundice and abdominal pain, which are not easy to distinguish; 2. site of obstruction: above the opening of bile duct is high, below the opening of bile duct is low; 3. examination methods: the two cannot be obviously distinguished in liver function test, for clear distinction, MRCP examination is needed, such as high obstruction: distal bile duct without dilatation, mostly bile duct cancer in the hilar region; low obstruction: common bile duct and intrahepatic bile duct dilated throughout, mostly pancreatic head cancer, peri-pot belly cancer, duodenal papillary cancer, etc.