title: Duplication of the extrahepatic bile duct in association with choledocholithiasis as depicted by MDCT.
abstract: We report here on an extremely rare case of duplicated extrahepatic bile ducts that was associated with choledocholithiasis, and this malady was visualized by employing the minimum intensity projection images with using multi-detector row CT. The presence of duplicated extrahepatic bile ducts with a proximal communication, and the ducts were joined distally and they subsequently formed a single common bile duct, has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea. rad2000@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Sang Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Do Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyeong Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Il Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Heum
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Chang Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography