Percutaneous cholecystography in children.
Percutaneous cholecystography was performed on 13 children who had biliary system abnormalities: two had biliary hypoplasia, five had sclerosing cholangitis, three had cirrhosis, two had distal choledochal obstruction, and one had an obstructed portoenterostomy. In 12 patients transcholecystic cholangiography showed, without significant complications, the intra-and extrahepatic bile ducts. In one patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis, the intrahepatic bile ducts were not opacified satisfactorily; dilatation of the gallbladder required surgical drainage. The transcholecystic technique is indicated when the intrahepatic bile ducts are either mildly dilated or not dilated.
Department of Radiology, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012598:Sclerosis