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Case Report

Recurrent cholangitis associated with biliary sludge and Phrygian cap anomaly diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography despite normal ultrasound and computed tomography

Metin Basaranoglu Department of Internal Medicine, Kadir Has University Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected] and [email protected]
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Numan Cem Balci Department of Radiology, Kocaeli University Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
Pages 736-740 | Received 20 Aug 2004, Accepted 09 Nov 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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