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Bile passes out of the liver through the bile ducts and is stored in the gallbladder. After a meal, it is released into the small intestine. When the bile ducts become blocked, bile builds up in the liver, and jaundice (yellow color of the skin) develops due to the increasing levels of bilirubin in the blood. The possible causes of a blocked bile duct include: Cysts of the common bile duct. Enlarged lymp nodes in the porta hepatis.
1 Blockage of the common bile duct. 2  Gallstones can block the tubes (ducts) through which bile flows from your gallbladder or liver to your small intestine. 3  Jaundice and bile duct infection can result. 4  Blockage of the pancreatic duct.5  The pancreatic duct is a tube that runs from the pancreas to the common bile duct. Blockage of the common bile duct. 2  Gallstones can block the tubes (ducts) through which bile flows from your gallbladder or liver to your small intestine. 3  Jaundice and bile duct infection can result. 4  Blockage of the pancreatic duct.