cholangiography

Thân thiện

A doctor reviews a cholangiography image on a lightbox.

Definition

Noun: - A medical imaging procedure: Cholangiography is a diagnostic technique that uses X-rays to visualize the bile ducts. This is done after a contrast medium (a special dye) has been introduced into the biliary system to make the ducts visible on the X-ray images.

Usage

Cholangiography is used to diagnose blockages, stones, tumors, or other abnormalities in the bile ducts. - The surgeon ordered a cholangiography to locate the source of the patient's jaundice. - Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography is one specific type of this procedure.

Advanced Usage

• Intraoperative cholangiography: This refers to the procedure being performed during surgery to provide real-time images of the bile ducts.
  • The team performed an intraoperative cholangiography to ensure no stones remained in the common bile duct.

Variants and Related Words

• Cholangiogram (n): The actual X-ray image or record produced by a cholangiography.
  • The cholangiogram clearly showed a stricture in the duct.

Synonyms

• Biliary imaging: A broader term for visualizing the bile ducts.
• Bile duct X-ray: A descriptive, non-technical synonym.

Học thuật

Noun

1. roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected