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Bilirubin - urine

Alternative Names: Conjugated bilirubin-urine; Direct bilirubin-urine Normal Values: Bilirubin is not normally found in the urine. What abnormal results mean: Text Continues Below If the bile ducts are obstructed, direct bilirubin will build up to a high enough level that some of it will escape from the liver into the blood. If the levels are high enough, some of it will also appear in the urine. Only direct bilirubin appears in the urine. Increased direct bilirubin usually means that the biliary (liver secretion) ducts are obstructed. Increased urinary bilirubin may indicate: biliary strictures cirrhosis gallstones in the biliary tract hepatitis with associated biliary obstruction surgical trauma affecting the biliary tract tumors of the liver or gall bladder

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