Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Radiology — Topic Test
12 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 60-year-old man with progressive jaundice and weight loss undergoes magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. The images demonstrate simultaneous abrupt obstruction of both the distal common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct, each dilated upstream and meeting at the pancreatic head. Which radiological sign is being described and what does it suggest?
ADouble duct sign suggesting carcinoma of the pancreatic head
BString of beads sign suggesting chronic pancreatitis
CChain of lakes appearance suggesting pancreatic divisum
DPruned tree appearance suggesting primary sclerosing cholangitis