Open AccessMagnetic resonance cholangiographic evaluation of intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct variations
Author(s) -
Binit Sureka,
Kalpana Bansal,
Yashwant Patidar,
Ankur Arora
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/indian journal of radiology and imaging/indian journal of radiology and imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-3026
pISSN - 0970-2016
DOI - 10.4103/0971-3026.178283
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , bile duct , intrahepatic bile ducts , cholangiography , radiology , gastroenterology
Biliary anatomy and its common and uncommon variations are of considerable clinical significance when performing living donor transplantation, radiological interventions in hepatobiliary system, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and liver resection (hepatectomy, segmentectomy). Because of increasing trend found in the number of liver transplant surgeries being performed, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has become the modality of choice for noninvasive evaluation of abnormalities of the biliary tract. The purpose of this study is to describe the anatomic variations of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tree.