Congenital bronchobiliary fistula: MRI appearance
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Published on: November 21, 2023
Jon S Hourigan1, Michael G Carr, Edward M Burton
1Department of Surgery, T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital and University of Tennessee School of Medicine-Chattanooga Branch, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA.
Abstract:
Congenital bronchobiliary fistula (CBBF) is a rare anomaly. Twenty-three cases have been reported since the anomaly was first described in 1952. Most of these cases were diagnosed by bronchoscopy, cholangiography, or hepatobiliary nuclear imaging. Our case of a newborn with bilious emesis with CBBF was depicted by T1-weighted gradient-echo MRI sequences.
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