肝硬化门静脉性胆病的影像表现

目的：探讨肝硬化门静脉高压性胆病（PB）的MSCT及MRI表现。方法：回顾性分析16例肝硬化PB患者的MSCT及MRI表现,分析门静脉血栓导致PB的解剖位置和临床表现。结果：16例患者中门静脉海绵样变13例,其中8例合并门静脉血栓;门静脉和／或门静脉分支血栓3例。16例患者中3例表现为肝内胆管扩张,9例表现为肝外胆管及一侧肝内胆管扩张,4例表现为肝外胆管和两侧肝内胆管扩张。本组病例门静脉系统侧支循环的类型包括食道一胃底静脉曲张13例（13／16,81％）、胰腺周围静脉曲张10例（10／16,63％）和胆囊静脉曲张10例（10／16,63%）。结论：肝硬化门静脉高压患者出现肝外或肝内胆管扩张时应考虑门静脉高压性胆病的可能。     

Obstructive jaundice caused by a portal cavernoma

A 69-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital because of acute cholangitis with biliary obstruction. The cause of obstruction was either compression by a portal cavernoma or cavernous transformation. Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) and abdominal ultrasonography (US) revealed a portal cavernoma around the common bile duct. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) demonstrated characteristic short, smooth narrowing of the bile duct. Endoscopic US and intraductal US demonstrated collateral vessels around the bile duct and were helpful for ruling out a neoplastic lesion. Thus, a combination of imaging modalities was useful for diagnosing this hepatobiliary complication, portal biliopathy.     

黑血SPACE序列与MRCP、T2-HASTE在婴幼儿胆道成像中的对比应用

目的探讨磁共振黑血SPACE序列与MRCP、T2-HASTE在婴幼儿胆道成像中的对比应用价值。方法运用Siemens 3.0 T超导磁共振扫描仪对30例对照组患儿和12例罹患胆道疾病的婴幼儿进行全腹部常规MRI序列(包括T2-HASTE)以及黑血SPACE序列、MRCP检查,比较黑血SPACE序列与MRCP、T2-HASTE图像对正常胆道结构及病灶的显示能力。结果(1)对照组图像分析:黑血SPACE和MRCP对胆囊管、左右肝管及肝内二级胆管的显示能力较T2-HASTE好,且黑血SPACE序列显示门静脉的能力优于MRCP和T2-HASTE,但黑血SPACE与MRCP在显示胆道结构的能力方面差异无统计学意义。(2)病例组图像分析:黑血SPACE序列在清晰显示胆总管扩张的同时较MRCP拥有更好的组织对比度;黑血SPACE序列较MRCP、T2-HASTE更清晰的显示胆道闭锁患儿肝门区及门静脉周围的异常信号影(纤维斑块),并了解毗邻门静脉的走行及轮廓;黑血SPACE序列在显示微小胆管结石时优于T2-HASTE。结论黑血SPACE序列基本具备MRCP和T2-HASTE序列两者的优势,在观察婴幼儿胆道结构形态、轮廓及边缘的同时了解毗邻肝组织、血管(门静脉)的情况,且成像时间相对较短,但其运用于部分婴幼儿胆道成像时存在较多的运动伪影及肠气干扰,目前将其作为婴幼儿胆道成像的一种补充检查手段,针对不同疾病利用其不同优势,为胆道疾病的影像诊断提供更多助益。     

Magnetic resonance cholangiography features of biliary abnormalities due to cavernous transformation of the portal vein

BACKGROUND: The aim of this retrospective and monocentric study was to describe the magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) features of biliary abnormalities related to extrahepatic obstruction of the portal vein (EHOPV). METHODS: From September 2001 to May 2003, MRC was performed in 10 consecutive patients who had a portal thrombosis. RESULTS: Biliary ductal pathology was demonstrated via MRC in nine patients. It consisted of stenoses, ductal narrowing or irregularities involving the common bile duct for three patients with extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis discovered a mean of 1.5 years ago, or involving both right and left intrahepatic bile ducts and common bile duct for six patients with extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis discovered a mean of 16.2 years ago. Dilation of intrahepatic bile ducts was seen for seven patients, four of them having cholestasis. For three patients with symptomatic cholestasis, direct cholangiography (DC) was performed and showed the same findings as MRC which nevertheless overestimated the degree of bile duct stenosis. CONCLUSIONS: MRC seems to constitute an accurate tool to investigate noninvasively patients with portal biliopathy.     

Sonography of the common bile duct: value of the right anterior oblique view.

The common hepatic and proximal common bile ducts (common duct) lie anteriorly and generally to the right of the portal vein in the porta hepatis. This constant anatomic relationship can be used to demonstrate the common duct and to differentiate it from the portal vein by gray scale ultrasonography. The patient is scanned longitudinally from the right anterior abdominal wall with the ultrasound beam directed posteromedially until two tubular structures are demonstrated in the porta hepatis. The more anterior tubular structure in this projection is the common duct. If the common duct is less than 3 mm in diameter, it may not be clearly delineated. In these cases the absence of common duct dilatation can be inferred. The usefulness of this view for detecting common duct dilatation was evaluated in a series of 101 consecutive cases proven by surgery, autopsy, or cholangiography. The overall accuracy was 96% (four false negative studies; no false positives). We conclude that sonography should be the imaging procedure of choice for suspected extrahepatic biliary obstruction if the serum bilirubin level precludes intravenous cholangiography.     

Obstructive dilatation of extrahepatic recipient and donor bile ducts complicating orthotopic liver transplantation: imaging and laboratory findings

Biliary obstruction in liver transplants is most commonly due to stricture at the biliary anastomosis. The native common bile duct typically is normal. We retrospectively studied 28 patients with choledochocholedochostomy anastomoses who had marked native and donor extrahepatic bile duct dilatation associated with clinical evidence of biliary obstruction. Operative cholangiograms were compared with postoperative cholangiograms obtained a mean of 50 weeks (range, 2-246 weeks) later. Mean caliber of the native common bile duct increased from 7.5 +/- 2.0 mm on operative cholangiograms to 14.8 +/- 3.9 mm on postoperative cholangiograms (p less than .001). Mean caliber of the donor common hepatic duct increased from 5.9 +/- 1.3 mm on operative cholangiograms to 12.8 +/- 3.8 mm on postoperative cholangiograms (p less than .001). Dilatation of the cystic duct remnant was seen in 15 patients. All patients had surgical revision to choledochojejunostomy with improved results of liver function studies in most cases. Diffuse dilatation of native and donor extrahepatic bile ducts may develop in liver transplant recipients. Typical features include native and donor extrahepatic ducts greater than 12 mm in diameter and a dilated cystic duct remnant on postoperative cholangiography in a patient with otherwise unexplained hepatic dysfunction.     

The peribiliary vascular plexus: the microvascular architecture of the bile duct in the rabbit and in clinical cases

The livers of 30 rabbits were perfused with a silicone rubber solution (Microfil), underwent a clearing process, and were examined with a dissection microscope. The study showed distinct vascular plexuses in and around the bile duct, and two concentric vascular layers present within its wall: the inner capillary and the outer venous. Around the bile duct there was a fine arterial network and a larger venous plexus, which communicated with the capillary and venous plexuses of the bile duct, respectively. The venous plexuses drained directly into the sinusoids or indirectly through the portal vein. The microvascular architecture of the rabbit bile duct correlated well with clinical angiograms exhibiting normal and abnormal peribiliary vascular plexuses. The arterial and venous plexuses dilated and provided collateral circulation in both extrahepatic and intrahepatic arterial and portal vein occlusions, respectively. The peribiliary arteries may be dilated or encased in patients with cholangiocarcinoma or hepatocellular carcinoma invading the bile duct. The animal study and observations on angiograms suggest the existence of transplexal arterioportal communication.     

Pancreatic portal cavernoma in patients with cavernous transformation of the portal vein: MR findings

The purpose of the article was to prospectively evaluate the MR findings of pancreatic portal cavernoma in a consecutive series of patients with cavernous transformation of the portal vein. This study was approved by the review board of our institution, and informed consent was obtained. The clinical and biological data and the MR imaging for 20 patients (11 female, 9 male; median age, 49 years) with cavernous transformation of the portal vein and no evidence of previous pancreatic disease were reviewed. The presence of pancreatic portal cavernoma (defined as intra- and/or peripancreatic portal cavernoma), morphological changes in the pancreas, biliary and ductal pancreatic abnormalities, and extension of the portal venous thrombosis were qualitatively assessed. Fifteen patients (75%) had pancreatic portal cavernoma with collateral formation in the pancreas and/or collaterals around the pancreas seen on dynamic contrast-enhanced MR sequences: three patients had both intra- and peripancreatic portal cavernoma, six had intrapancreatic portal cavernoma alone and six had peripancreatic portal cavernoma only. The presence of intra- or peripancreatic portal cavernoma was significantly associated with extension of the thrombosis to the splenic and superior mesenteric veins (p = 0.05). Morphological changes in the pancreas, heterogeneity on T2-weighted sequences and main ductal pancreatic abnormalities were seen in two, four and two patients, respectively. All these patients had intrapancreatic portal cavernoma. Bile duct dilatation was observed in 13 (65%) patients: among them three had extrahepatic dilatation only and these three patients had associated intrapancreatic portal cavernoma. In patients with cavernous transformation of the portal vein, intra- or peripancreatic portal cavernoma is common. In conclusion, intra- or peripancreatic portal cavernoma was only observed in patients with extension of the thrombosis to the splenic vein and/or the superior mesenteric vein.     

Imaging and radiological interventions in extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction

Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) is a primary vascular condition characterized by chronic long standing blockage and cavernous transformation of portal vein with or without additional involvement of intrahepatic branches, splenic or superior mesenteric vein. Patients generally present in childhood with multiple episodes of variceal bleed and EHPVO is the predominant cause of paediatric portal hypertension (PHT) in developing countries. It is a pre-hepatic type of PHT in which liver functions and morphology are preserved till late. Characteristic imaging findings include multiple parabiliary venous collaterals which form to bypass the obstructed portal vein with resultant changes in biliary tree termed portal biliopathy or portal cavernoma cholangiopathy. Ultrasound with Doppler, computed tomography, magnetic resonance cholangiography and magnetic resonance portovenography are non-invasive techniques which can provide a comprehensive analysis of degree and extent of EHPVO, collaterals and bile duct abnormalities. These can also be used to assess in surgical planning as well screening for shunt patency in post-operative patients. The multitude of changes and complications seen in EHPVO can be addressed by various radiological interventional procedures. The myriad of symptoms arising secondary to vascular, biliary, visceral and neurocognitive changes in EHPVO can be managed by various radiological interventions like transjugular intra-hepatic portosystemic shunt, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, partial splenic embolization, balloon occluded retrograde obliteration of portosystemic shunt (PSS) and revision of PSS.     

Cholangiopathy in extrahepatic portal venous obstruction. Radiological appearances

PURPOSE: To evaluate cholangiographic abnormalities resulting from extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO) by sonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Forty-three patients with an established diagnosis of EHPVO were subjected to duplex Doppler sonography and ERCP. Of these, 8 patients had obstructive jaundice. RESULTS: Dilated common bile duct with pericholedochal varices showing a continuous type of flow pattern was seen in 5 EHPVO patients with obstructive jaundice. ERCP revealed cholangiographic abnormalities in 40 patients (93%). Extrahepatic bile ducts were involved in 100% of cases compared to intrahepatic bile ducts (57%). Abnormalities noted were contour irregularity with indentations, displacement and angulation, strictures and filling defects in the extrahepatic ductal system. Intrahepatic bile ducts showed dilatation with areas of narrowing and filling defects. CONCLUSION: Cholangiographic abnormalities are very common in patients with EHPVO, even without clinical manifestations of biliary disease. Extrahepatic bile ducts are far more often involved compared to intrahepatic bile ducts. Extrinsic compression with contour irregularity is the most common cholangiographic finding. Sonographic findings are not diagnostic. Dilated common bile duct with pericholedochal varices was seen in only 5 patients.     

Liver transplant recipients: portable duplex US with correlative angiography

Twenty patients, aged 4 months to 58 years, were evaluated for liver transplantation by duplex sonography, and 15 transplantations were completed; 42 postoperative examinations were performed. Sonographic findings were correlated with seven preoperative and five postoperative angiographic evaluations. Preoperative duplex US findings included tumors, portal vein occlusion, varices, biliary obstruction, and variant vascular anatomy. Postoperative findings included hepatic artery occlusion, portal vein occlusions (one with cavernous transformation), portal vein stenosis, biliary obstruction, intrahepatic and extrahepatic fluid collections, and air in the portal vein due to ischemic bowel. Use of angiography allowed confirmation of the vascular abnormalities and demonstrated evidence of rejection in patients with normal Doppler waveforms. Duplex sonography is a valuable portable technique for evaluating these patients and can be used in triage of patients requiring angiography.     

继发于肝细胞癌的胆管梗阻影像表现

本文分析１７例继发于肝细胞癌的胆管梗阻ＥＲＣＰ表现，并与ＵＳ和ＣＴ对照。ＥＲＣＰ特点：（１）胆管不规则受压伸展移位和偏心性狭窄；（２）胆管腔内膨胀性充盈缺损；（３）胆管呈跳跃式狭窄。而ＣＴ和ＵＳ表现缺乏特征性。     

The effect of time and cholecystectomy on experimental biliary tree dilatation. A multi-imaging evaluation

The changes of the biliary tree following distal bile duct obstruction and its release were confirmed by biliary scintigraphy and monitored by serial ultrasonography, computed tomography, and values of serum bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase in 14 mongrel dogs. The degree and rate of biliary dilatation were independent of cholecystectomy. The most rapid rate of extrahepatic dilatation occurred within the first 48 hours, while dilated intrahepatic ducts were first recognized three to six days after obstruction. Following release of the obstruction, the degree and rate of resolution of the biliary dilatation were independent of the duration of ligation (one vs. two weeks) and cholecystectomy. The dilatation resolved slowly. Dilated intrahepatic ducts were recognized for as long as eight to 13 days, while extrahepatic biliary dilatation was still present for 13 weeks, at which time the experiment was terminated. It is postulated that the extrahepatic biliary dilatation will approach a plateau approximately one month after total biliary obstruction. It appears that if the obstruction lasts more than one week, it results in irreversible damage to the elasticity of the extrahepatic ducts. Thus, after release of the obstruction, serial biliary imaging is indicated until a new baseline of the biliary tree diameter has been established.     

恶性梗阻性黄疸的ERCP与CT对照分析

本文对比分析了８２例恶性梗阻性黄疸（包括胆管癌４５例，转移性癌２６例，胰头癌６例及壶腹周围癌５例）的ＥＲＣＰ与ＣＴ表现，主要发现：恶性胆管梗阻部位多位于肝外胆管近侧段；肝外胆管近侧段梗阻所致的肝内胆管重度扩张的发生率，远多于远侧段阻塞，在反映肝内胆管扩张程度、扩张范围方面ＣＴ优于ＥＲＣＰ，而显示病灶肿块直接征象方面ＥＲＣＰ优于ＣＴ。     

Etiology of the obstructive pattern in hepatobiliary imaging

The records of all patients undergoing hepatobiliary imaging at our hospital from January 1980 to March 1983 were reviewed and 29 scans met the criteria for a pattern consistent with complete biliary tract obstruction. Biliary tract obstruction (due to choledocholithiasis, primary or secondary carcinoma involving the common bile duct, and pancreatitis) was documented in 24 of these patients. However, the remaining five patients had a patent common bile duct, and the etiologic factor was intrahepatic cholestasis secondary to sepsis in four and peritonitis in one. A classification of altered biliary dynamics in hepatobiliary imaging, which is based on the classification of jaundice, is proposed.     

Diagnostic and interventional procedures for the biliary tract

Various diagnostic imaging studies have been employed in the past year to evaluate the normal and abnormal biliary ductal system. Variations in the normal ductal drainage of the left lobe of the liver, in which the right lateral hepatic duct drained into the left hepatic duct, were studied because of the implications for the surgical resection of the left lobe. Choledochal cysts have been studied in adults using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography to evaluate the abnormal junction between the common bile duct and pancreatic duct and the long dilated common channel. An ultrasound study indicated that children with choledochal cysts also may have intrahepatic duct dilatation. An increased incidence of malignancy has been noted in adults with choledochal cysts, and their appearance on ultrasound, CT, and cholangiography were described. Cystic fibrosis produces abnormalities of the biliary tree, extrahepatic strictures, and more interestingly, intrahepatic ductal dilatation and abnormal contour without strictures. The usefulness of the preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of the biliary tract in Oriental cholangiohepatitis was stressed. Bile duct abnormalities in fascioliasis were also noted on CT scans. Patterns of abnormality in the CT appearance of the thickened, contrast-enhanced, extrahepatic bile ducts were elucidated. Focal concentric, focal excentric, diffuse concentric, and diffuse excentric ducts were seen with various forms of pancreatic disease, choledocholithiasis, and various forms of cholangitis. An enhanced, thick-walled duct indicates disease, but is a nonspecific finding. Chronic cholecystitis was found to produce false-positive cholescintigram results in patients with suspected acute cholecystitis, but only in those with severe degrees of chronic cholecystitis. The results of multicenter trials using extracorporeal biliary lithotripsy in the United States have been published. They are somewhat disappointing and do not confirm the original excellent results reported in Germany for treatment of gallbladder stones. Much interest has been focused on the use of expandable metallic stents for the treatment of benign and malignant biliary obstruction. Preliminary data suggest good patency rates for benign lesions. Patency rates for malignant lesions are similar to those of previously available plastic stents.     

Pediatric liver transplantation. Part II. Diagnostic imaging in postoperative management

The postoperative diagnostic imaging examinations of 44 children who underwent 59 orthotopic liver transplantations were reviewed. The imaging modalities used for the evaluation of suspected complications include plain roentgenography, ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), nuclear scintigraphy, arteriography, percutaneous and operative cholangiography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The main postoperative complications included ischemia, thrombosis (hepatic artery and portal vein), infarction, obstruction or leakage of the biliary anastomosis, hepatic and perihepatic infection, and allograft rejection. US, the most frequently used abdominal imaging modality, was best suited for detection of biliary duct dilatation, fluid collections in or around the transplanted liver, and hepatic arterial, inferior vena caval, and portal vein thrombosis. CT was especially helpful in corroborating findings of infection and in locating abscesses. Technetium 99m sulfur colloid (early- and late-phase imaging) provided a sensitive, although nonspecific, means of assessing allograft vascularization and morphology. Angiography showed vascularity most clearly, and cholangiography was the most useful in the assessment of bile duct patency. A diagnostic imaging algorithm is proposed for evaluation of suspected complications.     

MRI of portal cavernoma with biliary involvement

PURPOSE: To assess the value of MRI in the diagnosis of portal cavernoma with biliary obstruction. MATERIAL: and methods: six patients referred for clinical suspicion of biliary obstruction and portal cavernoma were explored with MRI. all patients were explored using a signa 1.5 t GE MR unit, with high gradient field strength and torso phased array coil. Biliary ducts were explored with ss-fse sequences of MR-cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), coronal and oblique coronal 20mm thick slices. Then, coronal T2w with shorter TE eff, MR-angiography and delayed T1w sequences were performed. CT scan and sonographic examinations of the liver were performed in all patients. Two patients were operated on and 2 underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiography. RESULTS: Three different types of biliary involvement were found: in 3 cases findings that mimic cholangiocarcinoma spreading along the common bile duct and in 3 other cases multiple smooth extrinsic impressions along the common bile duct; in one patient MRCP demonstrated an irregular narrowing of the common bile duct mimicking chronic cholangitis. In all cases, the bile duct varices appeared of low T2W signal; in three cases, fibrosis was identified on delayed sequences. CONCLUSION: MRCP and MR-angiography can be proposed as a first imaging study in patients with portal cavernoma and cholestasis or bile duct dilatation.     

多层螺旋CT阴性法胰胆管造影在肝外胆管梗阻诊断中的应用(附40例报告)

目的　评价多层螺旋CT(MSCT)阴性法胰胆管造影 (N -CTCP)对肝外胆管梗阻性疾病的诊断价值。方法　对 40例肝外胆管梗阻性疾病 (肝外胆管结石 19例 ,恶性胆管梗阻 2 1例 )进行N -CTCP成像 ,将扫描重建数据行编辑处理 ,获得最小强度投影(MinIP)图像 ,结合CT轴面源像 (ASI) ,并与临床诊断或手术病理结果对照。结果　 40例均 1次屏气完成扫描 ,N -CTCP成像显示胆管树满意 ,MinIP对判断肝外胆管梗阻和定位诊断准确率为 10 0 % ,定性诊断准确率为 85 %。结论　N -CTCP对肝外胆管梗阻定位准确 ,结合轴面源像 (ASI) ,对肝外胆管结石及恶性胆管梗阻的判断有较高的准确性。     

3.0T磁共振钆塞酸二钠磁共振胆管造影术在胆管疾病中应用

目的探讨3.0T磁共振钆塞酸二钠(Gd-EOB-DTPA)磁共振胆管造影术(MRC)在胆管疾病中的诊断价值。方法选取2016年7—12月解放军309医院收治的20例患胆道梗阻或其他病变需行Gd-EOB-DTPA MRC检查的患者,采用3.0T超导磁共振扫描仪,对所有20例患者行常规上腹部平扫+磁共振胰胆管造影(MRCP)+Gd-EOB-DTPA动态增强扫描,以及肝胆特异期、T1容积内插体部检查(VIBE)冠状位+轴位扫描,并将冠状位图像进行最大密度投影(MIP)重建,获得胆管树图像。对各序列的影像学特征做出诊断,并与穿刺、手术病理、内镜下逆行胰胆管造影术及相关临床资料进行对照。结果本组20例患者中,胆管解剖变异者7例。其中,胆囊管经胆总管前方汇入胆总管左侧壁1例,经胆总管后方汇入胆总管左侧壁3例,胆囊管开口于肝外胆管下1/3处2例,胆囊管汇入右肝管1例。胆管梗阻11例,其中,完全性梗阻8例(肝门部胆管恶性占位5例、胆总管恶性占位1例、胆总管下端结石1例,胆总管周围淋巴结转移1例);部分梗阻3例(胰头占位1例,胆总管结石1例,胃窦癌侵及胆总管1例)。胆漏2例。硬化性胆管炎1例。其中,1例患者同时有胆漏及胆囊管汇入右肝管变异。结论 Gd-EOB-DTPA MRC检查能够直接显示肝内外胆管系统解剖结构以及胆管通畅情况,能为胆管疾病的诊断提供更多的信息,可以进一步应用于胆管疾病的检查。