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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
The authors compared computed tomography (CT) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), techniques commonly used to study the biliary tree, with pre- and post-Gd-DTPA breath-hold fast low angle shot (FLASH) and fat suppressed spin-echo in 28 consecutive patients with bile duct abnormalities detected on ERCP, including 11 patients with malignant disease and 17 patients with benign disease. ERCP, CT, and magnetic resonance (MR) images were prospectively interpreted in a blinded fashion and reviewed by consensus. ERCP characterized all cases of malignant disease by the presence of a narrowed bile duct lumen with irregular margins. CT and MRI detected all cases of malignant disease and characterized nine of 11 as malignant. In seven of these cases, CT and MRI showed thickening of extrahepatic bile duct walls greater than 5 mm. MRI images showed intrahepatic-enhancing periportal tissue in four cases, which was not seen on CT images, and which was biopsy-proven tumor extension. Benign disease was characterized on ERCP images by the demonstration of smooth tapered narrowings in 16 cases, whereas on CT and MR images it was characterized by mild to moderate dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts and wall thickness less than 5 mm in 13 cases. Overall ERCP correctly characterized 27 cases as benign or malignant and CT and MRI both characterized 25. The results of this study show a trend that ERCP is superior to CT and MRI for characterizing bile duct disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0364-2356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
347-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Bile Duct Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Bile Duct Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Contrast Media, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Evaluation Studies as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Gadolinium DTPA, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Organometallic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Pentetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1426853-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Bile duct disease: prospective comparison of ERCP, CT, and fat suppression MRI.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, St. Boniface General Hospital MRI Facility, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study