CT cholangiography: Advantages and disadvantages compared with MR cholangiography in the evaluation of the biliary tract following liver transplantation

Ischemic-type biliary lesions following liver transplantation: Evaluation with Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MR cholangiography

Biliary complications following orthotopic liver transplantation: May contrast-enhanced MR Cholangiography provide additional information?

PURPOSE To assess whether contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR Cholangiography may provide additional information in the evaluation of biliary complications in orthotopic liver transplant recipients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty liver transplant patients with suspicion of biliary adverse events underwent MR imaging at 1.5 T scanner. After acquisition of axial T1-/T2-weighted images and conventiona...

Cholangiography and interventional biliary radiology in adult liver transplantation.

Radiographic assessment of the biliary tract is often essential in patients who have undergone liver transplantation. T- or straight-tube cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography all may be used. A total of 264 cholangiograms in 79 adult liver transplant patients (96 transplants) was reviewed. Normal radiographic features of biliary r...

Role of MR Cholangiography in Evaluation of Hepatic Biliary Morphology in Living Liver Donors

Purpose: To assess the utility of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in preoperative mapping of biliary anatomy in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation LDLT). Materials and Methods: Fifty LDLT donors (39 males and 11 females) their age 20-37 years (mean age 20.8 years) referred from liver transplantation surgeons to radiology Departments at Dar Al Fouad Hospital for...

Advantages of gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MR cholangiography in the diagnosis of post-liver transplant bile leakage.

OBJECTIVE To assess the value of magnetic resonance cholangiography with gadobenate dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA) where there is a suspicion of bile leakage in the post-liver transplant patient. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eight patients who had undergone a liver transplant underwent 14 MR cholangiograms, five of whom presented bile leakage while the other three had no biliary system complications. The res...