Korean J Gastroenterol.  2012 Jun;59(6):445-447. 10.4166/kjg.2012.59.6.445.

Portal Bilopathy

• Choi JH
• Chung WJ

• KMID: 1792852
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2012.59.6.445

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Bile Duct Diseases/*diagnosis/ultrasonography
Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance
Humans
Hypertension, Portal/diagnosis
Male
Middle Aged
Portal Vein/radiography
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Abdominal ultrasound examination revealed multisegmental narrowing of extrahepatic duct and cavernous transformation of portal vein (arrow). Intraluminal lesions were not detected in the dilated extrahepatic duct.

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  Fig. 2 Abdominal computed tomography revealed atrophied and crenate contoured liver and coarse hepatic parenchyma with fatty change. There showed a cavernous transformation of portal trunk (arrow).

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  Fig. 3 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed a focal filling defect at the distal common bile duct (arrow).

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  Fig. 4 Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography revealed a longitudinal filling defect, owing to a cavernous transformation of portal vein (arrow).

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