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Fig. 3B. —68-year-old woman with mass in common bile duct. Surgery was judged to be possible and resection of extrahepatic bile duct was performed on the basis of the imaging findings. Percutaneous transhepatic bile drainage was performed via IV injection and percutaneous transhepatic bile drainage tube of contrast medium to treat obstructive jaundice. Curved planar reformation image through common bile duct clearly shows well-enhanced, thickened bile duct wall and hypervascular mass in common bile duct (arrow). Tumor is separate from portal vein and was not invasive of portal vein.