Liver and biliary imaging

Question 1

Liver (function)

Answer 1

Filters blood from the digestive system before it passes onto the rest of your body. Detoxifies chemicals and metabolises drugs

Question 2

1) Cholangiography
2) Choledochography
3) Cholangiopancreatography
4) Cholesystography

Answer 2

1) Radiographic examination of bile ducts
2) Radiographic examination of common bile duct
3) Radiographic examination of bile ducts and pancreatic ducts
4) Cholecystography: Radiographic examination of gallbladder

Question 3

PTC & ERCP indications

Answer 3

PTC

• jaundice
• pre-op exam of biliary tract

ERCP

• If clinical image findings indicate abnormality
• Removal of stones in ducts
• Placement of stent in CBD

Question 4

Post-op cholangiography (T-tube cholangiography)

Answer 4

-T-shaped tube left in CBD at operation

Purpose is to demonstrate

• calibre and patency of ducts
• Sphincter of hepatopancreatic ampulla status

-injection of CM into tube to look at bile flow