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The Biliary Tree

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Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis

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A multitude of pathologies can affect the biliary system, including infection, inflammation, neoplasms, and congenital and acquired abnormalities. This chapter begins with a description of normal biliary anatomy and anatomic variants followed by biliary imaging techniques. Next, the chapter divides biliary diseases according to imaging patterns—bile duct filling defects; biliary dilatation, subdivided into obstructive and nonobstructive causes; bile leaks and bilomas; absent bile ducts; and biliary cystadenoma/cystadenocarcinoma—and discusses in each section the salient imaging findings and how to correctly diagnose biliary disease.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Nicolaus A. Wagner-Bartak MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Anand M. Prabhakar MD

  3. Department of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Christine O. Menias MD

  4. Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Hima B. Prabhakar MD

  5. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Khaled M. Elsayes MD

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Wagner-Bartak, N.A., Prabhakar, A.M., Menias, C.O., Prabhakar, H.B., Elsayes, K.M. (2015). The Biliary Tree. In: Elsayes, K.M. (eds) Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1884-3_5

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