Ultrasonographic study of hepatobiliary system was done in 481 patients with acute right hypochondriac pain to find out any pathology in hepatobiliary system. A total of 57 patients with polypoid lesions in gall bladder were diagnosed and underwent extensive follow-up. In 31 patients, who underwent surgery, the histological findings were cholesterol polyp/cholesterosis (n=14), cholesterosis wit...

Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) still remains a challenging issue. In the setting of liver cirrhosis, international guidelines have set the noninvasive criteria for HCC diagnosis, represented by the detection of contrast hyperenhancement in the arterial phase (wash-in) and hypoenhancement in the portal or delayed phase (wash-out) with dynamic multi-detector computer tomography or ma...

Objective: To determine if the hepatobiliary phase of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced hepatic MRI increases the sensitivity in differentiating focal nodular hyperplasia from hepatocellular adenomas. Design: Prospective analysis. Methods: This study was comprised of 52 patients (2 men, 50 women) with suspicion of hepatocellular adenomas or with focal nodular hyperplasia on a previous CT or conventi...

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Changes of skin characteristics accompanying various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary system, and pancreas having diagnostic implications are considered. Possible mechanisms of their development are discussed with reference to the underlying gastroenetrologic diseases.

Although infrequently symptomatic, celiac artery stenosis is a vascular pathology that can commonly be encountered in hepatobiliary surgery. Secondary to celiac artery stenosis, the supramesocolic viscera may rely on blood supply from the gastroduodenal artery which, if ligated, can lead to detrimental ischaemia causing postoperative morbidity and mortality. We report the case of a 53-year-old ...

Hepatobiliary fibropolycystic diseases are a unique group of entities involving the liver and biliary tract, which are caused by abnormal embryologic development of the ductal plates at various stages. We experienced strange hepatobiliary fibropolycystic diseases with a complex mass composed of malformed ducts and biliary cysts, which did not belong to, and were different from, previously known...

99mTc-labeled hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scintigraphy is an important adjunct to the evaluation of patients with abdominal pain. The introduction of radiopharmaceuticals that allowed the performance of these studies in patients with elevated bilirubin levels expanded the clinical use of this important diagnostic imaging technology. The proper use of HIDA scintigraphy requires an un...

In the past decade, image-guided targeted treatments such as percutaneous ablation, intra-arterial embolic therapies, and targeted radiation therapy have shown substantial promise in management of hepatobiliary malignancies. Imaging is integral to patient selection, treatment delivery, and assessment of treatment effectiveness. Preprocedural imaging is crucial and allows local tumor staging, ev...