Magnetic resonance cholangiography to evaluate biliary tree integrity after cholecystectomy: a case report.

摘要

Iatrogenic injury of the biliary tract after either an open or a laparoscopic cholecystectomy may occur since either normal or variant biliary ducts may be misinterpreted and thus incorrectly treated.1 The appropriate management of such patients depends on the injury type as well as the time of identification. Therefore, it is fundamental to identify the anatomic site of the injury and to evaluate the anatomy of the proximal biliary tract to establish an appropriate reconstruction strategy. In this setting, it has been shown that a conventional magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiography is able to assess iatrogenic bile duct injuries after cholecystectomy.