Pneumoperitoneum resembling air in the biliary tree: CT features.
The various CT appearances of free abdominal air have been described. We present a hitherto undescribed CT manifestation of this condition. When subhepatic free air tracks along the porta hepatis and suspensory ligaments of the liver, it may resemble biliary air.
Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
L M
LM
Sanders
A
A
Premkumar
H M
HM
Levy
J H
JH
Newhouse
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed