Case Report, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 2 Issue: 1
Phrygian Cap Appearance of a Mouse Gallbladder on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
| Jean-Pierre Raufman1*, Su Xu2, Kunrong Cheng1, Sandeep Khurana1, Diana Vivian3, Da Shi2, Rao Gullapalli2 and James Polli3 | |
| 1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
| 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
| 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Jean-Pierre Raufman Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, N3W62, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA Tel: 410-328-8728; Fax: 410-328-8315 E-mail: jraufman@medicine.umaryland.edu |
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| Received: February 20, 2013 Accepted: March 22, 2013 Published: March 28, 2013 | |
| Citation: Raufman JP, Xu S, Cheng K, Khurana S, Vivian D, et al. (2013) Phrygian Cap Appearance of a Mouse Gallbladder on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 2:1. doi:10.4172/2325-9590.1000110 |
Abstract
Phrygian Cap Appearance of a Mouse Gallbladder on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
We used live-animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine the gallbladders of male mice. These healthy mice were fasted overnight before the study and anesthetized in an animal chamber, with a gas mixture of oxygen and isoflurane for small animal MRI. In the course of these live-animal MRI studies, we observed a Phrygian cap appearance to the gallbladder of one healthy-appearing 6-week-old male mouse, similar to that of the human gallbladder described in many reports.
