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9280939

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report their experience in the optimization of the diagnostic accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography (MRC) to detect choledochal stones; pre- and post-MIP post-processing images were compared. Thirty patients with dilated biliary ducts (mean age: 55.6 years) were examined with MRC; two of them had stones in the intrahepatic biliary ducts. The gold standard and the inclusion criterion was ERCP. MRC was carried out with a 1.5 T superconductive magnet (Signa) with T2-weighted FAST SE sequences (TR/TE; 10000/256, matrix: 256 x 128, slice thickness: 3 mm, TA: 6 min 28 s). Coronal MR images were blindly studied before and after MIP post-processing; Friedman's test was used for statistical analysis (p < .05). ERCP showed 92 cases of choledocholithiasis, with the stones ranging .2 to 3.4 cm; MRC before MIP post-processing had 97.1% diagnostic accuracy, 97.8% sensitivity and 95.8% specificity. These values are significantly different from those obtained after MIP (91.4%, 86.9% and 95.8% respectively). In our experience, pre- and post-MIP post-processing MRC can be considered a reliable and accurate noninvasive technique to detect choledochal stones.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0033-8362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
561-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Choledocholithiasis: semeiotic and diagnostic accuracy of cholangiography with magnetic resonance].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Scienze e Formazione dell'immagine, Università G. D'Annunzio, Chieti.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, English Abstract