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Sudden, persistent severe upper abdominal pain accompanied by fever and vomiting may indicate acute pancreatitis.

內視鏡逆行膽胰管造影，俗稱膽管鏡（英文： Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography，ERCP），是利用一條柔軟而可彎曲的管狀鏡頭由口腔進入十二指腸，再進入膽管或胰管進行X光造影。

小腸氣（英文：Hernia）又稱疝氣、脫腸，常見於男性。小腸氣是結構性疾病，因腹腔壁出現缺口，以致體內的器官或組織（多為腸臟）從腹壁組織的缺口突出，形成腫塊。常見的疝氣類型包括腹股溝疝氣、切口疝氣、臍疝氣及股疝氣。

肝癌 （英文：Liver Cancer / Hepatocellular Carcinoma）是指肝臟細胞出現異常分裂及變異形成惡性腫瘤，引致肝癌。肝臟的主要功能包括吸收進入體內的有用物質、分解或排走毒素如酒精、製造膽汁、蛋白質、凝血因子等。肝臟隱藏在右邊及中間的肋骨下面，一般在肝臟發大時才可以摸到。

包皮（英文：Foreskin）是保護著陰莖龜頭上的皮膚。所有正常剛出生的男嬰，陰莖龜頭都是被包皮覆蓋著，這並不等於包皮過長。相反如出生時龜頭暴露出來，有可能是尿道下裂的體徵。

Gallstone Disease is a very common hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease. Most people do not know about its presence and have no signs nor symptoms, until they discovered it by doing health check. However, if patients experience symptoms of Gallstone Disease, they need to be hospitalized and undergo surgery as gallstones can lead to various complications.