Abdominal Imaging - Case Report

MR cholangiopancreatography of a case with a biliary tract variation and postoperative biliary duct injury

  • Murat Kocaoğlu
  • Mehmet Şahin Uğurel
  • Nail Bulakbaşı
  • İbrahim Somuncu

Received Date: 30.03.2004 Accepted Date: 28.06.2004 Diagn Interv Radiol 2005;11(4):219-221

Because of the increasing frequency of surgical procedures such as hepatic resection, partial liver transplantation, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the number of patients requiring biliary imaging has increased. In this report, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography findings of a case with an aberrant right posterior hepatic duct draining directly into the gallbladder, which was overlooked prior to laparoscopic cholecystectomy, is presented and the importance of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in the evaluation of congenital biliary anomalies and iatrogenic bile duct injury is discussed.

Keywords: cholangiopancreatography, magnetic resonance, bile ducts, abnormalities, postoperative period