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Liver and Bile Ducts

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Emergency Radiology of the Abdomen

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Abstract

Hepatic and biliary emergencies have an important impact on the workload of an emergency unit. However, the symptoms are likely to be unspecific in the non-traumatic acute abdomen. Most patients present with right upper quadrant pain and tenderness, fever, and jaundice. Rapidly establishing the diagnosis is mandatory and, in experienced hands, the chosen imaging techniques are powerful tools by which to narrow the diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Gerd Schueller

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  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

    Ulrich Linsenmaier

  3. Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria

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Schueller, G. (2011). Liver and Bile Ducts. In: Scaglione, M., Linsenmaier, U., Schueller, G. (eds) Emergency Radiology of the Abdomen. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_466

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