Detection of intraperitoneal bile accumulations: significance of ultrasonography, CT, and cholescintigraphy.
Free or loculate intraperitoneal fluid can easily be detected by ultrasonography or computerized tomography. The differentiation of bile fluid from other liquid collections and the documentation of the presence and extent of a bile leak can be difficult diagnostic problems. In representative case studies the use and the diagnostic limits of ultrasonography and CT in the diagnosis of intraperitoneal bile accumulations are discussed. A diagnostic algorithm including cholescintigraphy for the evaluation of biliary leakage is proposed.
D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001202:Ascitic Fluid; D001646:Bile; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography