Abstract
Congenital bronchobiliary fistula (CBBF) is a rare anomaly. Twenty-three cases have been reported since the anomaly was first described in 1952. Most of these cases were diagnosed by bronchoscopy, cholangiography, or hepatobiliary nuclear imaging. Our case of a newborn with bilious emesis with CBBF was depicted by T1-weighted gradient-echo MRI sequences.
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We thank William H. Faulkner Jr. for consultation regarding the physics of the MRI sequences used to image this patient, and Laura Burton for editing this manuscript.
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Hourigan, J.S., Carr, M.G., Burton, E.M. et al. Congenital bronchobiliary fistula: MRI appearance. Pediatr Radiol 34, 348–350 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-003-1091-6
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