Increase in hepatic arterial flow in response to reduced portal flow (hepatic arterial buffer response) has been demonstrated experimentally and surgically. We provide pathologic evidence for ...

Right upper quadrant ultrasound showed a mildly dilated gallbladder with sludge and dilated common bile duct (to 1.2 cm); there was no intrahepatic biliary dilation (not shown).

Ultrasound of the liver showed echogenic artifacts related to air within the biliary tree (Figure 1), as well as a dilated distal common bile duct with filling defects (not shown). Diagnostic ...

DOI: 10.5114/wiitm.2020.93999, Published online: March 27, 2020, Authors: Maciej Sebastian, Jerzy Rudnicki ...