Transhepatic Cholangiography: The Radiological Method of Choice in Suspected Obstructive Jaundice
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 133 (1), 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.1148/133.1.39
Abstract
Twenty-five patients with severe jaundice were studied prospectively with computed tomography (CT), gray-scale ultrasonography (USG) and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (THC). Nineteen had obstruction of the biliary tree. The differentiation of obstructive from hepatic parenchymal causes of jaundice was 72% accurate with USG, 92% with CT and 96% with THC. Biochemical studies when used alone were 72% accurate. Although the precise location of an obstructing lesion was determined in 12/19 cases by CT and 9/19 by USG, the cause was established in only 5 by CT and 7 by USG. THC was 100% successful in establishing both cause and site of obstructive jaundice without significant complications.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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