The B-scan ultrasonic appearances of gas in the biliary tree
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 51 (609) , 728-730
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-51-609-728
Abstract
Gas in the human biliary tree has a striking but not unique ultrasonic appearance consisting of acoustic shadows trailing behind well-defined discrete high amplitude echoes deep within the liver parenchyma, and may be mimicked by intrahepatic gall stones and calcified tumors and graunlomas. It interferes with assessment of liver structure and renders ultrasound B-scan unreliable for the detection of liver metastases. Computed tomography remains unaffected by biliary gas.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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