Hepatobiliary Injuries: A Pictoral Essay and Literature Review

Injuries to the liver and biliary tree carry significant morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed and managed rapidly. As clinical evaluation of suspected hepatobiliary injury is often limited in traumatic or post-surgical settings, imaging plays a critical role in the diagnosis of injury, assessmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MRI CT, and MRI, 2021-08, Vol.42 (4), p.332-346
Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Ivy, Catanzano, Tara
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Injuries to the liver and biliary tree carry significant morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed and managed rapidly. As clinical evaluation of suspected hepatobiliary injury is often limited in traumatic or post-surgical settings, imaging plays a critical role in the diagnosis of injury, assessment of treatment response and detection of delayed complications. In this paper, we review acute traumatic and iatrogenic hepatobiliary injuries and subsequent complications through different imaging modalities.
ISSN:0887-2171
1558-5034
DOI:10.1053/j.sult.2021.04.003