Accumulation of Bile in the Gallbladder: Evaluation by means of Serial Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography with Gadolinium Ethoxybenzyl Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid

Figure 1

Orthodromic type of bile accumulation in gallbladder in a 72-year-old female with cryptogenic liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class-Pugh class A). MR cholangiography on coronal hepatobiliary phase (HP) imaging obtained after administration of Gd-EOB-DTPA demonstrates excretion of contrast media in common hepatic duct on 8 min (a) (arrow), cystic duct on 10 min HP image (b) (arrow), gallbladder on 12 min HP image (c) (arrow), and end of CBD on 16 min HP image (d) (arrow). This patient did not have stone, wall thickening, and T1 hyperintense bile in gallbladder (not shown).

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