• Congenital Cystic Lesions of the Biliary Tree

    AJR:198, April 2012

    Ines Santiago Rui Loureiro Luis Curvo-Semedo Cristina Marques Francisco Tardaguila Celso Matos Filipe Caseiro-Alves

    OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the imaging findings of congenital cystic lesions of the biliary tract.

    CONCLUSION. Congenital cystic lesions of the biliary tract include ductal plate mal­formations and choledochal cysts and can be recognized with characteristic imaging findings and basic knowledge of the embryologic development of the biliary tree.