Case report
English
Akin EB, Vitellas KM, Rajab A, Pelletier RP, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL, Henry ML, Ferguson RM, Elkhammas EA.
Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, 363 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. akin1@medctr.osu.edu
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2004 Sep-Oct;28(5):613-6.
Abstract
Liver transplant patients who present with abdominal pain after removal of the T-tube can be initially evaluated by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography (CEMRC) instead of abdominal computed tomography and hepatobiliary scintigraphy. In this article, 3 liver transplant patients who were evaluated by CEMRC after removal of the T-tube. CEMRC successfully identified the presence, location and extent of bile duct leaks, and can be performed as a diagnostic study in patients with suspected bile duct leaks.
Keywords: Magnetic resonance cholangiography with mangafodipir trisodium (Teslascan) to evaluate bile duct leaks after T-tube removal in liver transplantation.
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