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Transhepatic cholangiography is commonly performed during postoperative evaluation of liver transplant patients. The authors describe a potential pitfall in the interpretation of these studies and illustrate that dilated interrupted lymphatics of the donor liver can mimic a periductal leak of contrast material.
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Rabin, A.M., Abramson, A.F., Manzarbeitia, C. et al. Dilated periportal lymphatics mimicking an anastomotic bile leak after liver transplantation. Gastrointest Radiol 16, 337–338 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887383
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