Imaging of biliary tract disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  O'Connor, Owen J ^a   O'Neill, Siobhan ^b   Maher, Michael M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biliary disease; Cholangiocarcinoma; Cholangitis; Choledocholithiasis; CT abdomen; ERCP; MRCP; MRI abdomen; Ultrasound abdomen

Indexed keywords

ADIPIODONE MEGLUMINE; GADOXETIC ACID; MANGAFODIPIR; SCOPOLAMINE;

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80053225379     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4341     Document Type: Review

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