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

Figure 2

Delayed type of bile accumulation in gallbladder in a 37-year-old female with chronic hepatitis associated with type C viral hepatitis. On coronal hepatobiliary phase (HP) obtained 12 min after administration of Gd-EOB-DTPA, MR cholangiography demonstrates excretion of contrast media in intrahepatic duct to duodenum (a) (arrows). However, there is no accumulation of contrast media in gallbladder even in coronal 20 min HP image (b) (arrow). This patient had both T1 hyperintense bile on transverse in-phase fast spoiled gradient-echo T1 weighted image (c) (arrow) and gallbladder stone on transverse 20 min HP image (d) (arrow).

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