Skip to main content

The “pruned tree” appearance of primary sclerosing cholangitis

Abdominal Radiology volume 44, pages 2935–2936 (2019)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

43,34 €

Price includes VAT (Finland)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Fig. 1

Courtesy of http://inorganicgardening.blogspot.com. Accessed 25 Mar 2019

Fig. 2

References

  1. Kovač JD, Weber MA (2016) Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: an update on MR imaging findings with recent developments. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 25(4):517-524. https://doi.org/10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.254.vac.

  2. Giambelluca D, Leto C, D’Arpa F, et al. (2019) Beaded bile ducts in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Abdom Radiol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1873-9.

  3. Vitellas KM, Keogan MT, Freed KS, et al. (2000) Radiologic manifestations of sclerosing cholangitis with emphasis on MR cholangiopancreatography. Radiographics 20(4):959-75. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl04959.

  4. Seo N, Kim SY, Lee SS, et al. (2016) Sclerosing cholangitis: clinicopathologic features, imaging spectrum, and systemic approach to differential diagnosis. Korean J Radiol 17(1):25-38. https://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2016.17.1.25.

  5. Ludwig J, MacCarty RL, LaRusso NF, et al (1986) Intrahepatic cholangiectases and large-duct obliteration in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Hepatology 6(4):560-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.1840060403.

Download references

Author information

Affiliations

  1. Section of Radiological Sciences, Bi.N.D, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy

    Dario Giambelluca, Giuseppe Cutaia, Massimo Midiri & Giuseppe Salvaggio

Authors
  1. Dario Giambelluca
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Giuseppe Cutaia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Massimo Midiri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Giuseppe Salvaggio
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Giuseppe Cutaia.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.

Research involving human participants and/or animals

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

Informed consent

Statement of informed consent was not applicable since the manuscript does not contain any patient data.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Giambelluca, D., Cutaia, G., Midiri, M. et al. The “pruned tree” appearance of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Abdom Radiol 44, 2935–2936 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02026-y

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02026-y