title: Bilomas: a new approach to the diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Biloma, a newly described entity, appears to have gained a heightened clinical interest recently. During the past 18 months we have diagnosed 9 abnormal biliary collections. We discuss here the role of sonography and radionuclide cholescintigraphy in the evaluation of bilomas. The diagnosis of all cases was confirmed by ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle aspiration. Subsequently 7 patients were treated with catheter drainage, obviating the need for any surgery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism*; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography