PMC3352609_01
Axial fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition image, shows a small cystic lesion (white arrow) along the course of the bed of the gallbladder, in proximity to the bile duct (dashed arrow).
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This investigation showed agenesis of the gallbladder with the presence of a small dysmorphic cyst (longitudinal axis of 15 mm), along the bed of the gallbladder and cystic duct [Figures 1 and 2].
Volume rendering technique images: (a) Front view; (b) lateral view; and (c) rear view show a small dysmorphic cystic dilatation (white arrow), which shows extensive communication with the bile duct (dashed arrow). The common bile duct is dilated (arrowhead), assuming the function of bile storage.
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This investigation showed agenesis of the gallbladder with the presence of a small dysmorphic cyst (longitudinal axis of 15 mm), along the bed of the gallbladder and cystic duct [Figures 1 and 2].
Images of virtual endoscopy of the biliary tract. (a) Cranial endoscopic view, from the common hepatic duct into the common bile duct. We can appreciate the wide communication between the bile duct and cystic dilatation (red curved arrow). (b) Caudal view from the common bile duct into the common hepatic duct. Input cystic dilatation (curved arrow red). (c) View from the bottom of the cystic dilatation, into the common bile duct; you can well appreciate the openings, respectively, of the common hepatic duct (curved arrow yellow) and the common bile duct (arrow red curve).
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The virtual endoscopy images obtained with magnetic resonance imaging [Figure 3] show the extensive communication between the cystic dilatation of dysmorphic cystic duct and the common bile duct.