Magnetic resonance imaging in pancreatic diseases: comparison with other imaging techniques.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
1992-04-01
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MR) was performed in 14 healthy subjects and 16 patients with pancreatic disease. All the 16 patients were subjected to ultrasonography (USG), computed tomography (CT) and MR while endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was performed in 10 cases. In one patients with adenocarcinoma and two with gastrinoma, MR demonstrated abnormalities while USG and CT were normal. MR was, however, inferior to ERCP in demonstrating ductal abnormalities in chronic pancreatitis. Our initial experience suggests that MR is superior to other imaging modalities in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic tumors; however, it is inferior to ERCP in the diagnosis of pancreatitis.
Description
Keywords
Citation
Sood GK, Gupta RK, Broor SL. Magnetic resonance imaging in pancreatic diseases: comparison with other imaging techniques. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 1992 Apr; 11(2): 59-61