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Dilated biliary canaliculi are well visualized by grey-scale ultrasound techniques and were first reported by Taylor et al.1 In an early evaluation of the accuracy of grey-scale ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of extra- from intrahepatic obstruction, an accuracy of 97% was reported in the first 104 patients.2 These findings have been confirmed by further work using commercially available equipment,3 and have been confirmed by other authors.4
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Taylor, K.J.W. et al. (1978). Factors Affecting the Recognition of the Dilated Biliary Tree in the Jaundiced Patient. In: White, D., Lyons, E.A. (eds) Ultrasound in Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4021-8_35
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