Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2009, vol. 18, nr 3, May-June, p. 297–302

Publication type: original article

Language: English

Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography After Failed or Incomplete Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Zastosowanie cholangiopankreatografii rezonansu magnetycznego w przypadku nieudanej lub niekompletnej wstecznej endoskopowej cholangiopankreatografii

Tomasz Sozański1,, Violetta Sokolska2,, Krzysztof Moroń3,

1 Department of Pharmacology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

2 Department of General Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Chair of Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

3 Department of Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

Abstract

Background. MRCP is a new noninvasive technique for examining the biliary and pancreatic ducts without the need for contrast medium and without any known side effects. MRCP could replace diagnostic ERCP and other invasive bile and pancreatic duct examination methods.
Objectives. Evaluation of the usefulness of MRCP to delineate bile and pancreatic ducts and depict pathological fluid collection in the biliopancreatic region in patients after failed or incomplete ERCP.
Material and Methods. MRCP was performed in 36 patients who had previously undergone an attempted ERCP. However, with ERCP complete duct visualization was obtained in only 17 patients, but it failed in 6 patients and opacification was incomplete in 13. MRCP was done using a 1.5−T Picker Edge Eclipse system (EXPRESS, TR: ∞, TEeff: 268 ms, ETL: 200, slice thickness: 50–70 mm, matrix: 336 × 512, FOV: 38 cm).
Results. Complete visualization of the ducts was obtained with MRCP in all 36 patients, whereas ERCP was successful in only 21 cases. In 6 patients, MRCP showed pseudocysts missed by ERCP. In 15 patients, no further invasive procedures were needed after MRCP.
Conclusion. MRCP is a valuable diagnostic tool for evaluating patients after failed or unsuccessful ERCP. MRCP is a noninvasive technique that may avoid the use of other, invasive procedures.

Streszczenie

Wprowadzenie. MRCP jest nowoczesną, nieinwazyjną metodą diagnostyki dróg żółciowych i przewodu trzustkowego, która nie wymaga podania środków kontrastowych i nie daje powikłań. MRCP może zastąpić diagnostyczne ERCP i inne inwazyjne metody diagnostyki dróg żółciowych i przewodu trzustkowego.
Cel pracy. Ocena uwidocznienia dróg żółciowych i przewodów trzustkowych oraz patologicznych zbiorników płynowych w ich okolicy w badaniu MRCP u pacjentów po nieudanym lub niekompletnym ERCP.
Materiał i metody. Badanie MRCP wykonano u 36 pacjentów, u których wcześniej podjęto próbę wykonania ERCP, przy czym jedynie u 17 pacjentów (47,2%) w ERCP uzyskano pełny obraz badanych przewodów, u pozostałych 19 pacjentów bądź nie udało się wykonać ERCP (6 pacjentów), bądź jego obraz był niekompletny (13 chorych). Badania wykonano z użyciem aparatu Picker Edge Eclipse (sekwencje EXPRESS, TR – ∞, TEeff – 268 ms, ETL – 200, grubość warstw – 50–70 mm, matryca – 336 × 512, pole widzenia – 38 cm).
Wyniki. U wszystkich 36 pacjentów (100%) w MRCP uzyskano kompletny obraz badanych przewodów, podczas gdy w ERCP udało się to jedynie w 21 przypadkach. U 6 chorych w MRCP uwidoczniono pseudotorbiele, które nie były widoczne w ERCP. U 15 pacjentów na podstawie wyniku MRCP podjęto decyzję o niewykonywaniu dalszych inwazyjnych zabiegów.
Wnioski. MRCP jest skuteczną metodą diagnostyczną u pacjentów po nieudanym lub niekompletnym ERCP. MRCP jako metoda nieinwazyjna może zapobiegać wykonywaniu innych, inwazyjnych zabiegów.

Key words

MRCP, ERCP, bile ducts, pancreatic ducts

Słowa kluczowe

MRCP, ERCP, drogi żółciowe, przewody trzustkowe

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