Two unusual causes of jaundice with similar ultrasound and CT findings.
The ultrasound and CT patterns of multilocular cystic areas in the liver in two jaundiced patients are presented. In one case the pattern represented a choledochal cyst and in the other an hydatid cyst of the liver. This unusual pattern, although nonspecific, should suggest one of these two diseases.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography