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Mickey Mouse sign is a medical sign resembling the head of Mickey Mouse, the Walt Disney character. Presented for the very first time at the CHIVA's Meeting, Berlin 2002 by Dr. Lurdes Cerol, [citation needed] this sign has been described as the image at the groin when a dilated accessory saphenous vein (ASV) exists: the common femoral vein (CFV) represents the head of Mickey Mouse while the ...
Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. [2] Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include abdominal pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. [1] Light colored stool or dark urine may also occur. [4]
Blade of grass sign (also known as Flame sign) Blumensaat's line; Bohler's angle; Bone-within-a-bone appearance; Boomerang sign; Bow tie appearance; Bowl of grapes sign; Bowler hat sign; Brim sign; Bucket handle tear; Bulging fissure sign; Bunches of grapes sign (hepatic abscess) Bunch of grapes sign (botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma) Bunch of grapes ...
The double duct sign is a radiological finding characterized by the simultaneous dilation of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct.This sign is significant because it often indicates an obstruction in the distal bile duct and pancreatic duct, frequently caused by serious underlying pathologies such as pancreatic carcinoma or periampullary tumors. [1]
A 25-year-old woman who’d been healthy until she developed bile duct cancer wrote a final message announcing her death. The poignant letter has gone viral. ... Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For ...
At CT scans, bile duct hamartomas appear as small, well-defined hypo- or isoattenuating masses with little or no enhancement after contrast administration. [3] At MRI , they appear hypointense on T1-weighted images, iso- or slightly hyperintense on T2-weighted images, and hypointense after administration of gadolinium based contrast-agent.
The portal triad consists of the hepatic artery, the portal vein, and the common bile duct. [25] The triad may be seen on a liver ultrasound, as a Mickey Mouse sign with the portal vein as the head, and the hepatic artery, and the common bile duct as the ears. [26]
A Klatskin tumor (or hilar cholangiocarcinoma) is a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the biliary tree) occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts. The disease was named after Gerald Klatskin, who in 1965 described 15 cases and found some characteristics for this type of cholangiocarcinoma. [1] [2] [3]