MR Cholangiography in Evaluation of Jaundiced Patients

  • Paolo Pavone
  • Roberto Passariello
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Abstract

Jaundice is a frequent clinical condition, related to the excretion or production of bile. According to the classical medical concept, still valid in the age of computerized medicine, jaundice is divided according to the cause into medical jaundice or hepatocellular jaundice, associated with a liver parenchyma alteration or dysfunction, and surgical jaundice, associated with an obstacle in the excretion of the regularly produced bile [1] As a rule, when there is no biliary tree dilatation, medical jaundice is usually considered, while if there is dilatation, stasis of bile and surgical jaundice should be considered. Exceptions to this rule include stasis conditions associated to a chronic hepatic disease (cirrhosis), in which the biliary dilatation is not present due to the impossibility of intrahepatic ducts to dilate in the nonelastic liver parenchyma.

Keywords

Obstructive Jaundice Biliary System Bile Duct Carcinoma Intrahepatic Duct Biliary Dilatation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Paolo Pavone
    • 1
  • Roberto Passariello
    • 1
  1. 1.Istituto di Radiologia, Cattedra IIUniversità degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”RomeItaly

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