Extrahepatic bile duct angulation by T-tube: The elbow sign |
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Authors: | Stephen H. Lee H. Joachim Burhenne M.D. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
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Abstract: | The normal shape of the extrahepatic bile ducts approximates a straight line. The cholangiograms of 50 patients with indwelling T-tube catheters were retrospectively reviewed between 4 and 14 weeks postcholecystectomy. We observed a lateral distortion in the shape of the bile ducts in 35 patients (70%) such that an angle measured between the proximal and distal parts of the duct, centered at the site of T-tube insertion, decreased to between 60° and 158°. We have called this observation the elbow sign, which to our knowledge has not been previously described and appears to be of no clinical consequence. |
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Keywords: | Common bile duct, postoperative deformity T-tube, cholangiography |
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