The diameter of the common bile duct (CBD), measured in millimeters, should be less than or equal to the patient’s age in decades. So for a 44-year-old patient (in her fifth decade), it should be 5 mm or less. Any value greater than that, say, an 8 mm CBD is suggestive, but not diagnostic, of biliary obstruction (most commonly with a stone)
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