Pseudo-obstruction of the extrahepatic bile duct due to artifact from arterial pulsatile compression: A diagnostic pitfall of MR cholangiopancreatography

Radiology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 856-860

  Watanabe, Yuji ^a   Dohke, Masako ^a   Ishimori, Takayoshi ^a   Amoh, Yoshiki ^a   Okumura, Akira ^a   Oda, Kazushige ^a   Hayashi, Takafumi ^a   Hiyama, Atsuto ^a   Dodo, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile ducts, abnormalities; Bile ducts, MR; Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Hepatic arteries; Magnetic resonance (MR), artifact; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0034092124     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.214.3.r00mr09856     Document Type: Article

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