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.
Sanders
L M
LM
Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Premkumar
A
A
Levy
H M
HM
Newhouse
J H
JH
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