If the bile duct is white in colour what does this mean?

i have been told that the bile duct in my goll bladder is white what is this teeing me

that it has calcified? this can happen due to excessive fibrosis (scarring) following chronic inflammation

You could have a stone present (calcification)
Gallstones can cause several different disorders. Cholelithiasis is defined as the presence of gallstones within the gallbladder itself. Choledocholithiasis is the presence of gallstones within the common bile duct that leads into the first portion of the small intestine (the duodenum). The stones in the duct may have been formed inside it or carried there from the gallbladder. These gallstones prevent bile from flowing into the duodenum. Ten percent of patients with gallstones have choledocholithiasis, which is sometimes called common-duct stones. Patients who don't develop infection usually recover completely from this disorder.

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