Air in the biliary tree in the plain abdominal radiograph
Causes of air in the biliary tree include:
- ERCP +/- sphincterotomy
- gas producing infections - emphysematous cholangitis
- trauma
- gallstone perforation
- recent passage of a stone
- sclerosing cholangitis } processes that hold the
- cirrhosis with scarring } biliary tree open
- tumour - cholangiocarcinoma }
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