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Hemobilia: sonographic appearances in the gallbladder and biliary tree with emphasis on intracholecystic blood.
Author(s) -
Laing F C,
Frates M C,
Feldstein V A,
Goldstein R B,
Mondro S
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1997.16.8.537
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , echogenicity , bile duct diseases , bile duct , coagulopathy , radiology , biliary tract , ultrasonography
The purpose [corrected] of this study is to discuss the causes and sonographic appearances of blood in the gallbladder and biliary tree. Over a 12 year period, 18 patients with hemobilia had ultrasonographic examinations at one of three hospitals. Hemobilia was categorized as traumatic (50%), spontaneous (28%), or inflammatory (22%), with coagulopathy present in half of the cases. The sonographic appearances of intracholecystic blood varied, but with the exception of a single case, masslike intracholecystic material was present. Biliary dilatation occurred in five patients, with echogenic material visible in the extrahepatic bile duct in three of these cases.