Choledochocele: diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging.
The value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is demonstrated in a case of a 22-year-old female with a small choledochocele clinically presenting with acute cholecystitis and pancreatitis. Previous abdominal sonography and computed tomography were not diagnostic. MRI and MRCP showed a cystic dilatation of the distal common bile duct, intramurally located in the second portion of the duodenum and protruding into the duodenal lumen. These findings allowed a confident diagnosis of a choledochocele.
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium.
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Van den Abbeele
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De Schepper
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Van Baarle
D000328:Adult; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging