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Atypical cholesonograms in primary and secondary malignant disease of the biliary tract
Author(s) -
Cunningham Jereome J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870050411
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary tract , lesion , gall , common bile duct , malignant disease , pathology , pancreas , duct (anatomy) , bile duct , gastroenterology , cancer , botany , biology
Hepatic metastases or mass lesion near the head of the pancreas are usually found when echograms are performed on patients with malignant disease of the biliary tract. Atypical cholesonograms may result when the gall bladder itself is deformed or invaded by tumor, when tumor obstructing the bile duct is plaquelike and not detectable as a mass lesion, or when gall stones coexist as a purely incidental finding.