title: Posttraumatic intrahepatic biloma: sonographic diagnosis.
abstract: Posttraumatic intrahepatic biliary cysts or bilomas were once thought to be rare. With increased use of sonography and 99mTc-HIDA cholescintigraphy, this entity will probably be detected more often. Preoperative sonographic diagnosis of posttraumatic biloma was made in five patients. A well circumscribed, anechoic hepatic lesion with excellent distal sonic enhancement strongly suggests the diagnosis. Cholescintigraphy especially using delayed scans or percutaneous aspiration, can confirm the diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001646:Bile; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D019780:Technetium Tc 99m Lidofenin; D013667:Technetium