magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

Summary

Summary: Non-invasive diagnostic technique for visualizing the PANCREATIC DUCTS and BILE DUCTS. It has excellent sensitivity for duct dilatation, biliary stricture, and intraductal abnormalities.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi The double duct sign
    Jorge Ahualli
    Department of Computed Tomography, , , , , Argentina
    Radiology 244:314-5. 2007
  2. ncbi Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: resectability and radicality after routine diagnostic imaging
    Gerd Otto
    Department of Transplantation and Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101, Mainz, Germany
    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 11:310-8. 2004
  3. ncbi Quantification of pancreatic exocrine function with secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: normal values and short-term effects of pancreatic duct drainage procedures in chronic pancreatitis. Initial results
    M A Bali
    Department of Radiology, Hopital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
    Eur Radiol 15:2110-21. 2005
  4. ncbi Pancreaticopleural fistula: an unusual complication of pancreatitis diagnosed with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    Sameer Vyas
    Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012 Chandigarh, India
    JOP 10:671-3. 2009
  5. ncbi Value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with secretin stimulation in the evaluation of pancreatic exocrine function after pancreaticogastrostomy
    Hiroyuki Shinchi
    First Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, 890-8520, Kagoshima, Japan
    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 11:50-5. 2004
  6. ncbi Diagnosis of early-stage chronic pancreatitis by secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    Laszlo Czako
    First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, P O Box 427, Szeged, H 6701, Hungary
    J Gastroenterol 42:113-7. 2007
  7. ncbi Miss rate of pancreas divisum by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in clinical practice
    Matthew L Carnes
    Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 2900, USA
    Pancreas 37:151-3. 2008
  8. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography using a free-breathing T2-weighted turbo spin-echo sequence with navigator-triggered prospective acquisition correction
    Patrick Asbach
    Department of Radiology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Charite Campus Mitte, Humboldt University, Schumannstr 20 21, Berlin 10098, Germany
    Magn Reson Imaging 23:939-45. 2005
  9. ncbi [Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) from a radiological and gastroenterological perspective]
    T J Vogl
    Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 134:1011-4. 2009
  10. ncbi Usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in biliary structures in infants: a four-case report
    Junji Takaya
    Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi Shi, Osaka 570 8506, Japan
    Eur J Pediatr 166:211-4. 2007

Research Grants

  1. 3D Modeling Software for ERCP
    JOSEPH TASTO; Fiscal Year: 2004
  2. Advanced Anatomic and Functional Response Assessment in Lung Cancer
    Lawrence Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. Biomedical Imaging for Clinician Scientists
    Fergus Coakley; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. Does Hyperglycemia Predict Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis?
    Suresh Chari; Fiscal Year: 2006
  5. Computer Aided Liver Lesion Detection Algorithm
    Lawrence Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2005

Detail Information

Publications202 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi The double duct sign
    Jorge Ahualli
    Department of Computed Tomography, , , , , Argentina
    Radiology 244:314-5. 2007
  2. ncbi Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: resectability and radicality after routine diagnostic imaging
    Gerd Otto
    Department of Transplantation and Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101, Mainz, Germany
    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 11:310-8. 2004
    ..011). CONCLUSIONS: Our routine diagnostic approach led to high resection and survival rates. Obviously a sophisticated diagnostic workup is not an absolute prerequisite for adequate surgery...
  3. ncbi Quantification of pancreatic exocrine function with secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: normal values and short-term effects of pancreatic duct drainage procedures in chronic pancreatitis. Initial results
    M A Bali
    Department of Radiology, Hopital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium
    Eur Radiol 15:2110-21. 2005
    ..The initial results in CP patients have demonstrated non-invasively a significant short-term improvement of PFO and TEV after PDDP...
  4. ncbi Pancreaticopleural fistula: an unusual complication of pancreatitis diagnosed with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    Sameer Vyas
    Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012 Chandigarh, India
    JOP 10:671-3. 2009
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is very useful in depicting parenchymal and ductal structural changes along with direct ..
  5. ncbi Value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with secretin stimulation in the evaluation of pancreatic exocrine function after pancreaticogastrostomy
    Hiroyuki Shinchi
    First Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, 890-8520, Kagoshima, Japan
    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 11:50-5. 2004
    BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with secretin stimulation (secretin-MRCP) in evaluating the remnant pancreatic exocrine reserve after pancreaticogastrostomy ..
  6. ncbi Diagnosis of early-stage chronic pancreatitis by secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    Laszlo Czako
    First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, P O Box 427, Szeged, H 6701, Hungary
    J Gastroenterol 42:113-7. 2007
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has recently been evolving as an important tool for the evaluation of chronic ..
  7. ncbi Miss rate of pancreas divisum by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in clinical practice
    Matthew L Carnes
    Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology, Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 2900, USA
    Pancreas 37:151-3. 2008
    Pancreas divisum is the most common congenital abnormality of the pancreatic anatomy. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography has emerged as a noninvasive method of examining the pancreatic ductal anatomy...
  8. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography using a free-breathing T2-weighted turbo spin-echo sequence with navigator-triggered prospective acquisition correction
    Patrick Asbach
    Department of Radiology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Charite Campus Mitte, Humboldt University, Schumannstr 20 21, Berlin 10098, Germany
    Magn Reson Imaging 23:939-45. 2005
    ..image quality of a respiratory-triggered T2-weighted (T2w) turbo spin-echo (TSE) sequence for magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) using a new method for respiratory triggering by tracking the motion of the right ..
  9. ncbi [Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) from a radiological and gastroenterological perspective]
    T J Vogl
    Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 134:1011-4. 2009
    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in combination with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is an integrated part in the diagnosis of bile-duct diseases and requires a standaridized complex examination technique...
  10. ncbi Usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in biliary structures in infants: a four-case report
    Junji Takaya
    Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi Shi, Osaka 570 8506, Japan
    Eur J Pediatr 166:211-4. 2007
    In this paper, we report the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in excluding biliary atresia (BA) as the cause of neonatal cholestasis. MRCP with a 1...
  11. ncbi Primary sclerosing cholangitis in children: utility of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    Govind B Chavhan
    Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
    Pediatr Radiol 38:868-73. 2008
    ..The present gold standard, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), is invasive and associated with complications...
  12. ncbi Post-cholecystectomy syndrome: spectrum of biliary findings at magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    R Girometti
    Institute of Radiology, University of Udine, via Colugna n 50, 33100 Udine, Italy
    Br J Radiol 83:351-61. 2010
    ..of its capability to provide non-invasive high-quality visualisation of the biliary tract, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has been advocated as a reliable imaging tool for assessing patients with suspected PCS ..
  13. ncbi Normal and pathologic features of the postoperative biliary tract at 3D MR cholangiopancreatography and MR imaging
    Christine Hoeffel
    Department of Radiology, Hopital Saint Antoine, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France
    Radiographics 26:1603-20. 2006
    ....
  14. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    Liang Zhong
    Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China
    Chin J Dig Dis 5:139-48. 2004
    ..Furthermore, when MRCP is performed in conjunction with abdominal MR and MR angiography, the 'all-in-one' examination can evaluate the solid organs and vessels of the abdomen as well as the ductal systems...
  15. ncbi Bile duct leaks after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: value of contrast-enhanced MRCP
    M Aduna
    OSATEK, Unidad de Galdakao, Barrio Labeaga s n, Galdakao Vizcaya, 48960 Basque Country, Spain
    Abdom Imaging 30:480-7. 2005
    ..We assessed the role of mangafodipir-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiography in the detection and location of bile duct leaks after laparoscopic cholecystectomy...
  16. ncbi Improving the safety of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the routine use of preoperative magnetic resonance cholangiography
    C Ausch
    Department of Surgery, Danube Hospital, SMZ Ost, Langobardenstrasse 122, A 1220 Vienna, Austria
    Surg Endosc 19:574-80. 2005
    ..In addition, we used MRC to investigate possible variants of the cystic duct...
  17. ncbi Can MRCP replace the diagnostic role of ERCP for patients with choledochal cysts?
    Do Hyun Park
    Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    Gastrointest Endosc 62:360-6. 2005
    ..This study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of MRCP in detecting and determining the extent of choledochal cysts, as well as associated ductal anomalies or lesions...
  18. ncbi Diffuse pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: characteristic imaging features
    Young Jun Choi
    Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Songpa Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    Eur J Radiol 67:321-8. 2008
    ..To evaluate imaging findings of diffuse pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
  19. ncbi Comparison of endoscopic ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in the diagnosis of pancreatobiliary diseases: a prospective study
    Gloria Fernandez Esparrach
    Gastroenterology Department, Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metaboliques, CIBER HEPAD, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Am J Gastroenterol 102:1632-9. 2007
    To compare the diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in: (a) patients with a dilated biliary tree unexplained by ultrasonography (US) (group 1), and (b) the diagnosis ..
  20. ncbi Low conjunction of the cystic duct with the common bile duct: does it correlate with the formation of common bile duct stones?
    I Tsitouridis
    Radiology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, West Perifereiaki Street, N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Surg Endosc 21:48-52. 2007
    ..This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) in detecting variants of low cystic duct conjunction, which can be a source of confusion during surgery when unrecognized...
  21. ncbi Is magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography the new gold standard in biliary imaging?
    V Shanmugam
    Department of Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
    Br J Radiol 78:888-93. 2005
    ..This study assessed the predictive value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in the diagnosis of biliary pathology...
  22. ncbi Bronchobiliary fistula evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging
    A Ragozzino
    UOSS RM Body Dipartimento di Radiologia Aorn Cardarelli Napoli, Italy
    Acta Radiol 46:452-4. 2005
    ..We present a case of BBF developing after hemihepatectomy in a 74-year-old man treated with endoscopic biliary drainage and illustrate MRCP findings...
  23. ncbi [Value of magnetic resonance angiography combined with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography on diagnosis for patients with carcinoma of head of pancreas]
    Chi hua Fang
    Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China
    Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 43:1379-82. 2005
    To study the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in the preoperative diagnosis of patients with carcinoma of head of pancreas.
  24. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis
    Ali H Hallal
    DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Ryder Trauma Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 200:869-75. 2005
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in detecting choledocholithiasis in this group of patients...
  25. ncbi Pineapple juice as a negative oral contrast agent in magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: a preliminary evaluation
    R D Riordan
    Department of Radiology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3LJ, UK
    Br J Radiol 77:991-9. 2004
    The quality of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) images is frequently degraded by high signal from the gastrointestinal tract...
  26. ncbi Prospective comparison of secretin-stimulated magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with manometry in the diagnosis of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction types II and III
    Stephen P Pereira
    Department of Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
    Gut 56:809-13. 2007
    ..In sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD), sphincter of Oddi manometry (SOM) predicts the response to sphincterotomy, but is invasive and associated with complications...
  27. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: a useful tool in the evaluation of pancreatic and biliary disorders
    Ahmet Mesrur Halefoglu
    Department of Radiology, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey
    World J Gastroenterol 13:2529-34. 2007
    b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is being used with increasing frequency as a noninvasive alternative to diagnostic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)...
  28. ncbi Usefulness of nonbreath-hold 1-shot magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for the evaluation of choledochal cyst in children
    Mitsuyoshi Suzuki
    Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 42:539-44. 2006
    The aim of this study was to clarify the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) for the evaluation of choledochal cyst in children.
  29. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography of biliary system abnormalities in children
    Suat Fitoz
    Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ibn i Sina Hospital, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
    Clin Imaging 31:93-101. 2007
    The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) with a single-shot fast spin-echo sequence as a noninvasive method to evaluate the biliary system in children.
  30. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in the preoperative assessment of patients with biliary pancreatitis
    E De Waele
    Department of Surgery, VUB University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
    Pancreatology 7:347-51. 2007
    ..In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) in detecting common bile duct (CBD) stones and associated pathologies in patients with ..
  31. ncbi Complications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography in the post-MRCP era: a tertiary center experience
    Tze-Zen Ong
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital, 5, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119074 Singapore
    World J Gastroenterol 11:5209-12. 2005
    ..fulfilling the ASGE guidelines in indications, positive findings, and complications in the post-magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) era...
  32. ncbi Total pancreatectomy for intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor of the pancreas: reappraisal of total pancreatectomy
    Koji Yamaguchi
    Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    Hepatogastroenterology 52:1585-90. 2005
    ..Intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas is characterized by extensive intraductal spread and favorable outcome even in its invasive stage. The role of total pancreatectomy was reappraised in the treatment of IPMT...
  33. ncbi [Comparison of 2D and 3D sequences for MRCP. Clinical value of the different techniques]
    A M Wallnoefer
    Institut fur Klinische Radiologie, Klinikum Grosshadern der Ludwig Maximilian Universität München
    Radiologe 45:993-4, 996-1003. 2005
    ....
  34. ncbi [Occult pancreatobiliary reflux and gallbladder carcinoma]
    Jin Kan Sai
    Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
    Nippon Rinsho 64:448-50. 2006
  35. ncbi Education and imaging. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: isolated accessory pancreatic duct
    S Koide
    Department of Gastroenterology, Hamamtsu Rosai Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:954. 2007
  36. ncbi Adjuvant treatment strategies for pancreatic cancer
    Erika A Newman
    Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 10:916-26. 2006
    ..Given the high failure pattern after surgical resection, with more than half of patients developing locoregional recurrence, all patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy are candidates for adjuvant therapy...
  37. ncbi Unusual segmental stricture of the lower common bile duct mimicking bile duct cancer
    Shuichiro Uchiyama
    Department of Surgical Oncology and Regulation of Organ Function, Miyazaki University, School of Medicine, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889 1692, Japan
    J Gastrointest Surg 12:199-201. 2008
    ..We report a case of unusual segmental stricture of the lower common bile duct mimicking bile duct cancer and discuss the differential diagnosis...
  38. ncbi Diagnosis of duct disruption and assessment of pancreatic leak with dynamic secretin-stimulated MR cholangiopancreatography
    A R Gillams
    Department of Medical Imaging, The Middlesex Hospital and University College London Medical School, Mortimer St, London W1T 3AA, England
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 186:499-506. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: Secretin MR cholangiopancreatography is a safe, noninvasive test that can provide additional useful information about duct integrity and facilitate management...
  39. ncbi Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia
    Kevin M McGrath
    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, M2, C Wing, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Gastroenterol Clin North Am 36:377-90, ix-x. 2007
    ..In the absence of findings that correlate with malignancy, natural history is unknown. Management of these patients is controversial, and should be individualized based on surgical risk...
  40. ncbi Patient with markedly elevated CA 19-9 not associated with malignancy
    Douglas Lowe
    Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology/ Hepatology, Medical College of Georgia and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
    South Med J 99:306-8. 2006
    ..This case illustrates the fact that a markedly elevated CA 19-9 can be secondary to causes other than carcinoma...
  41. ncbi [Autoimmune pancreatitis]
    Philippe Levy
    Pôle des Maladies de l Appareil Digestif, Hopital Beaujon, Clichy, France
    Presse Med 36:1925-34. 2007
    ..Diagnosis depends on a body of clinical and radiologic evidence. The diagnostic value of serologic markers and especially of autoantibodies must be clarified in the future...
  42. ncbi [Update on endoscopic management of malignant obstructive jaundice]
    Ricardo Barinagarrementeria
    Departamento de Endoscopia Digestiva, Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, , D.F
    Rev Gastroenterol Mex 70:95-106. 2005
    ..The decision of placing a plastic or metallic stent will depend on the probable survival rate that the patient has. In tumors in the hila a previous magnetic resonance cholangiography plays a fundamental role in the therapeutic decision...
  43. ncbi Traumatic pancreatic duct injury in children: minimally invasive approach to management
    Christophe H Houben
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS London, UK
    J Pediatr Surg 42:629-35. 2007
    ..The management of children with main pancreatic duct injuries is controversial. We report a series of patients with pancreatic trauma who were treated using minimally invasive techniques...
  44. ncbi Intraductal tubular adenoma, pyloric gland-type, of the pancreas
    H Fukatsu
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
    Endoscopy 39:E88-9. 2007
  45. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasonography versus other diagnostic modalities in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis
    Spiros N Sgouros
    Department of Gastroenterology, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Nafpaktias 5, Agia Paraskevi, 15341, Athens, Greece
    Dig Dis Sci 51:2280-6. 2006
    ....
  46. ncbi [The role of multi-detector-row computed tomograph in the diagnosis of intraductal papillary-mucinous tumors of the pancreas in comparison to endoscopic retrograde pancreatography, endoscopic ultrasonography, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography]
    Shunji Arikawa
    Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine
    Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 104:373-80. 2007
    ..CT (MD-CT) in addition to endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP), and, in 27 cases magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)...
  47. ncbi [Autoimmune pancreatitis--a rare and difficult differential diagnosis to pancreatic cancer]
    Arnulf Breuer
    Klinikverbund Südwest Krankenhaus Nagold, Interdisziplinäres Bauchzentrum, Nagold, Germany
    Med Klin (Munich) 102:157-62. 2007
    ..Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare disorder. Typical clinical symptoms include extrahepatic cholestasis, abdominal pain, and weight loss...
  48. ncbi [Role of MR cholangiopancreatography in the evaluation of biliary disease]
    E Iannicelli
    U O C di Radiodiagnostica, Ospedale Sant Andrea, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italia
    Clin Ter 157:425-9. 2006
    ....
  49. ncbi Acute pancreatitis in children: 10-year experience in a medical center
    Chiu-Fen Chen
    Department of Pediatrics, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
    Acta Paediatr Taiwan 47:192-6. 2006
    ..Patients with hyperlipidemia are prone to recurrent pancreatitis. The prognosis of children's pancreatitis is good. Most patients with fatal outcome had coexistent medical diseases...
  50. ncbi Pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy for an intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas
    Mitsuhiro Inagaki
    Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, 2 1 1 1 Midorigaoka Higashi, Asahikawa 078 8510, Japan
    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 14:264-9. 2007
    ..We herein reappraise the role of pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy (PPTP) as a viable alternative pancreatic resection modality for borderline and malignant IPMN...
  51. ncbi Outcomes of surgery for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
    Yasuhiro Fujino
    Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7 5 2 Kusunoki cho, Chuo Ku, Kobe, 650 0017, Japan
    World J Surg 30:1909-14; discussion 1915. 2006
    ..Our objective was to evaluate outcomes of surgery for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMN) in terms of the clinicopathological features...
  52. ncbi Autoimmune pancreatitis
    Alyssa M Krasinskas
    Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Presbyterian, 200 Lothrop Street, A610, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Gastroenterol Clin North Am 36:239-57, vii. 2007
    ..The treatment of choice for AIP is steroid therapy. Diagnostic criteria for AIP have been proposed that incorporate histologic, radiographic, serologic, and clinical information...
  53. ncbi A case report of a 39-year-old male with choledochal cyst mimicking pancreatic pseudocyst
    Jan Dostalik
    Department of Surgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic
    Hepatogastroenterology 54:393-6. 2007
    ..After provisional percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, a duodenohemipancreatectomy was performed with complete cyst excision. Until now, nine months later, the patient has shown absolutely no clinical difficulties...
  54. ncbi MRCP of congenital pancreaticobiliary malformation
    T Kamisawa
    Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113 8677, Japan
    Abdom Imaging 32:129-33. 2007
    ..Currently, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is one of the first choices for investigating and diagnosing pancreaticobiliary diseases ..
  55. ncbi [Acute cholangitis: imaging diagnosis and management]
    B P Gallix
    Service d Imagerie Medicale, Hopital Saint Eloi, CHU Montpellier, 80, rue Augustin Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5
    J Radiol 87:430-40. 2006
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic sonography (EUS) are the most sensitive techniques to correctly determine ..
  56. ncbi AJR Teaching File: chronic nausea and vomiting with abdominal pain
    Jeremy L Friese
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 186:S445-8. 2006
  57. ncbi Role of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of agenesis of the dorsal pancreas
    Laura Sempere
    Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
    JOP 7:411-6. 2006
    ..is based on four imaging studies: transabdominal ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and, the gold-standard, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography...
  58. ncbi Endoscopic ultrasound guided transgastric stenting of traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst
    Shantanu Rout
    Academic Department of Surgery, St. James University Hospital. Leeds, United Kingdom
    JOP 7:423-6. 2006
    ..Rapid recovery followed with the patient remaining well on follow up. CONCLUSIONS: EUS guided transgastric stent placement for drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts is recommended particularly if they are in close proximity to the stomach...
  59. ncbi A case of intraductal papillary mucinous tumour following recurrent attacks of pancreatitis lasting 26 years
    L Landoni
    Surgical Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Dig Liver Dis 39:585-8. 2007
    ..This report represents a slippery case of misdiagnosis and demonstrates that follow-up is always mandatory following a diagnosis of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis...
  60. ncbi IPMN-controversies in an "epidemic"
    C Max Schmidt
    J Surg Oncol 94:91-3. 2006
  61. ncbi Cancer of the papilla causing recurrent acute pancreatitis and mimicking a pancreatic stone
    Z-S Li
    Department of Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy Center, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
    Endoscopy 39:E2. 2007
  62. ncbi [Different appearances--autoimmune pancreatitis in image producing procedures]
    Renate Ronge
    Rofo 177:490. 2005
  63. ncbi Pitfalls of MRCP in the diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary maljunction
    Terumi Kamisawa
    Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
    JOP 5:488-90. 2004
    b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is useful for examining the pancreatic duct system in patients with acute pancreatitis instead of using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), as ERCP-induced ..
  64. ncbi [Obscure bile duct stenosis: diagnostic management]
    J F Riemann
    Medizinische Klinik C, Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Diabetologie, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 129:S133-4. 2004
  65. ncbi Distinguishing benign from malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumors of the pancreas by imaging techniques
    Takeshi Baba
    Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
    Pancreas 29:212-7. 2004
    ..1% at a cutoff value of 8.4 mm for main duct diameter, with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. For all imaging techniques and findings, accuracy was highest using EUS, 76...
  66. ncbi [Severe post-sphincterotomy pancreatitis]
    L Dugue
    Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital de Sainte Camille Bry sur Marne
    J Chir (Paris) 144:330-5. 2007
  67. ncbi Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas in a patient with recurrent acute pancreatitis: case report and review
    Mustafa Guclu
    Department of Gastroenterology, Baskent University, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Sk No 6 Yüreğir, Adana, Turkey
    Gastrointest Endosc 60:472-5. 2004
  68. ncbi [Pancreatobiliary maljunction. Not only an Eastern disease]
    J García Cano
    Seccion de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca
    An Med Interna 24:384-6. 2007
    ..In conclusion, pancreatobiliary maljunction will be increasingly diagnosed in western communities and more diagnostic and therapeutic experience will be needed...
  69. ncbi MRCP-secretin test-guided management of idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis: long-term outcomes
    Pier Alberto Testoni
    Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Division, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Istitutio de Recerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
    Gastrointest Endosc 67:1028-34. 2008
    ..However, ERCP and sphincter of Oddi manometry may be nondiagnostic and postprocedure complications may be frequent...
  70. ncbi Long-term results of treatment for pancreaticobiliary maljunction without bile duct dilatation
    Jiro Ohuchida
    Department of Surgery 1, Miyazaki University School of Medicine, Miyazaki, Japan
    Arch Surg 141:1066-70. 2006
    ..Possible association of gallbladder carcinoma should be kept in mind at the time of treatment of patients with PBM when the bile duct is not dilated...
  71. ncbi Navigator-triggered isotropic three-dimensional magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in the diagnosis of malignant biliary obstructions: comparison with direct cholangiography
    Jin Young Choi
    Department of Radiology, and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    J Magn Reson Imaging 27:94-101. 2008
    ..To compare the diagnostic accuracy of navigator-triggered isotropic three-dimensional (3D) MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) using parallel imaging for malignant biliary obstruction with direct cholangiography...
  72. ncbi Autoimmune pancreatitis: a review
    Iman Zandieh
    Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    World J Gastroenterol 13:6327-32. 2007
    ..The characteristic laboratory features and imaging seen in autoimmune pancreatitis are reviewed along with some of the proposed diagnostic criteria and treatment algorithms...
  73. ncbi A single-center experience in the management of Altemeier-Klatskin tumors
    Konstantinos Tsalis
    Fourth Surgical Department, Aristotle University, Kalamaria 55133, Thessaloniki, Greece
    J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 16:383-9. 2007
    ..the..
  74. ncbi Diagnostic value of MRCP and indications for ERCP
    Yuji Sakai
    Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
    Hepatogastroenterology 54:2212-5. 2007
    To assess the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and examine the indications for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
  75. ncbi Review of endoscopic techniques in the diagnosis and management of cholangiocarcinoma
    Katherine Nguyen
    Scott and White Clinic, Texas A and M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas 76508, USA
    World J Gastroenterol 14:2995-9. 2008
    ..In this article, we will review the endoscopic techniques available for the diagnosis and management of cholangiocarcinoma...
  76. ncbi Intraductal papillary-mucinous adenoma developed in the ventral pancreas in a patient with pancreas divisum
    Yoji Sakate
    First Department of Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, 545-8585, Osaka, Japan
    J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 11:366-70. 2004
    ..Although in these three patients the tumor developed in the dorsal pancreas, the tumor developed in the ventral pancreas in our patient...
  77. ncbi Coexistence of annular pancreas with carcinoma in the dorsal part of pancreas divisum: diagnostic value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
    F Cholet
    Service d Hepato Gastroenterologie, CHU La Cavale Blanche, Boulevard Tanguy Prigent, 29200, Brest, France
    Abdom Imaging 29:703-6. 2004
    ..This case report discusses the embryologic hypotheses underlying this peculiar association, highlights the capacities of imaging techniques to depict them, and enhances the performance of magnetic resonance imaging...
  78. ncbi Malignant biliary obstruction: value of imaging findings
    C Stroszczynski
    Radiology Charité Campus Virchow, Medical Faculty, Humboldt University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Abdom Imaging 30:314-23. 2005
    ..are best accomplished with endoscopic ultrasound, contrast-enhanced computed tomography, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. Three-dimensional ultrasound is a new noninvasive method that may be used increasingly as an ..
  79. ncbi Tropical pancreatitis
    Rakesh K Tandon
    Department of Gastroenterology, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute for Liver, Renal and Digestive Diseases, New Delhi, India
    Dig Dis 22:258-66. 2004
    ..Surgical decompression of the main pancreatic duct by lateral pancreato-jejunostomy is reserved for patients with severe pain non-responsive to other forms of therapy...
  80. ncbi Idiopathic fibrosing pancreatitis in a 3-year-old girl: a case report and review of the literature
    Rula Harb
    Division of Pediatric Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Children s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 40:1335-40. 2005
    ..We performed a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography study as part of the workup of obstructive jaundice...
  81. ncbi Sequential progression and intraductal spread of invasive ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas arising from around the main pancreatic duct
    Takuma Tajiri
    Department of Pathology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
    Hepatogastroenterology 52:745-8. 2005
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography showed an abrupt narrowing with the dilatation of the peripheral main pancreatic duct (MPD) in ..
  82. ncbi [Experience of diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma arising from congenital biliary duct cyst]
    Quan Da Liu
    Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of People s Libration Army, Beijing 100853, China
    Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 43:839-41. 2005
    ..To summarize the experience in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of carcinoma arising from congenital biliary duct cyst...
  83. ncbi Duplication of the extrahepatic bile duct with anomalous union of the pancreaticobiliary ductal system revealed by MR cholangiopancreatography
    E Choi
    Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388 1 Pungnap 2dong, Songpa Gu, 138 736 Seoul, Korea
    Br J Radiol 80:e150-4. 2007
    ..This variant of a duplication of the extrahepatic biliary system has not been described previously in the literature...
  84. ncbi [Current diagnostics and therapy for carcinomas of the biliary tree and gallbladder]
    M Wiedmann
    Medizinische Klinik II, Universitat Leipzig
    Z Gastroenterol 43:305-15. 2005
    ..Radio- and chemotherapy should be reserved for clinical studies. New therapeutic approaches include brachytherapy, the use of modern chemotherapeutics, COX-2- and tyrosine kinase-receptor-inhibitors...
  85. ncbi Assessing the obstructed biliary system with computed tomographic duodenocholangiopancreatography
    Ania Kielar
    Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
    Can Assoc Radiol J 55:294-6. 2004
  86. ncbi Bile leaks from the duct of Luschka (subvesical duct): a review
    Constantine P Spanos
    Department of Surgery, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Langenbecks Arch Surg 391:441-7. 2006
    ..Injuries to these ducts are the second most frequent cause of postcholecystectomy bile leaks...
  87. ncbi Combined use of endosonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the same session
    Belkis Unsal
    Department of, Gastroenterology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir
    Turk J Gastroenterol 22:54-9. 2011
    ....
  88. ncbi Obstructive jaundice and cholangitis caused by an arterial ring of the proper hepatic artery around the common bile duct
    Dragoljub Bilanovic
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
    Med Sci Monit 17:CS91-93. 2011
    ..Anatomic variations are frequent in this region; however, it has rarely been reported that the extrahepatic bile duct is compressed by the arterial vessels...
  89. ncbi Hepatocellular carcinoma with obstructive jaundice: diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
    Lun Xiu Qin
    Liver Cancer Institute, Fudan University, 136 Yi Xue Yuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
    World J Gastroenterol 9:385-91. 2003
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is superior to ERCP in interpreting the cause and depicting the anatomical extent of the ..
  90. ncbi Potential impact of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography workload and complication rate in patients referred because of abdominal pain
    R J Farrell
    Dept of Clinical Medicine, St James Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
    Endoscopy 33:668-75. 2001
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a safer, noninvasive method of imaging the pancreaticobiliary tree...
  91. ncbi 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography enhances computed tomography diagnosis of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
    Cosimo Sperti
    IV Surgical Clinic, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
    Ann Surg 246:932-7; discussion 937-9. 2007
    ....
  92. ncbi Short- versus long-sequence MRI cholangiography for the preoperative imaging of the common bile duct in patients with cholecystolithiasis
    A Shamiyeh
    Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Operative Laparoscopy, 2nd Surgical Department, Academic Teaching Hospital, Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, 4020 Linz, Austria
    Surg Endosc 19:1130-4. 2005
    ....
  93. ncbi Surgical management of complications associated with percutaneous and/or endoscopic management of pseudocyst of the pancreas
    William H Nealon
    Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555 0544, USA
    Ann Surg 241:948-57; discussion 957-60. 2005
    ..These are compared with complications associated with operative management...
  94. ncbi Magnetic resonance imaging of cholangiocarcinoma
    Riccardo Manfredi
    Department of Radiology, A Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy
    Semin Liver Dis 24:155-64. 2004
    ..On magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) images, hilar cholangiocarcinoma appears as a moderately irregular thickening of the ..
  95. ncbi Comparative diagnostic evaluation with MR cholangiopancreatography, ultrasonography and CT in patients with pancreatobiliary disease
    S Maurea
    Dipartimento di Scienze Biomorfologiche e Funzionali DSBMF, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Italy
    Radiol Med 114:390-402. 2009
    The aim of this study was to directly compare the results of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) with those of ultrasonography (US) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in the diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary diseases.
  96. ncbi Marked eosinophilia as the first manifestation of sclerosing cholangitis
    Katsuhiko Horiuchi
    Department of Gastroenterology, Kusunoki Hospital, Fujioka
    Intern Med 48:1377-82. 2009
    ..b>Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) demonstrated a slight dilatation of the left intrahepatic bile ducts, but no clear ..
  97. ncbi Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in cholestatic diseases
    C Bolukbas
    Department of Internal Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
    Hepatogastroenterology 52:705-8. 2005
    To evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in cholestasis.
  98. ncbi Three-dimensional magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with respiratory triggering in the diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis: comparison with endoscopic retrograde cholangiography
    H J Textor
    Dept of Radiology, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
    Endoscopy 34:984-90. 2002
    ..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of respiratory-triggered three-dimensional magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (3D-MRCP) for the detection of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and to compare the specific ..
  99. ncbi Surgical treatment of coledochal cyst associated with an aberrant posterior hepatic duct: report of a case and brief literature review
    Girolamo Geraci
    Section of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Case Rep Gastroenterol 5:73-81. 2011
    ..Ultrasonography (US), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were performed with the diagnosis of CC type ..
  100. ncbi Pancreatic duct: morphologic evaluation with MR cholangiopancreatography after secretin stimulation
    Yoshihiko Fukukura
    Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8 35 1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima shi 890 8520, Japan
    Radiology 222:674-80. 2002
    ..To evaluate the pancreatic duct after administration of secretin...
  101. ncbi Extensive investigation of patients with mild elevations of serum amylase and/or lipase is 'low yield'
    Michael F Byrne
    Department of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Can J Gastroenterol 16:849-54. 2002
    ..Pancreatic imaging tests are expensive. The gold standard, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, carries risk of morbidity and mortality...

Research Grants14

  1. 3D Modeling Software for ERCP
    JOSEPH TASTO; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..can semi-automatically generate a 3D polygonal model of the biliary and pancreatic ducts from a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) data set...
  2. Advanced Anatomic and Functional Response Assessment in Lung Cancer
    Lawrence Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..3. To determine if the use of a continuous scale best overall response better predicts than the categorical response assessment currently used. ..
  3. Biomedical Imaging for Clinician Scientists
    Fergus Coakley; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..These new resources will further increase the ability of the department and institution to attract researchers and continue the long tradition of ground breaking, cutting edge Biomedical Imaging at UCSF. ..
  4. Does Hyperglycemia Predict Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis?
    Suresh Chari; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..The research described in this application is 100% relevant to pancreatic cancer. ..
  5. Computer Aided Liver Lesion Detection Algorithm
    Lawrence Schwartz; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Clearly this is the first step in a process of development and if successful will lead to further efforts in automated detection and characterization. ..