MRI of Pancreas in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis and Healthy Volunteers: Can Pancreatic Signal Intensity and Contrast Enhancement Patterns be Valuable Predictors of Early Chronic Pancreatitis?


Bilgin S. S., Bilgin M., Toprak H., BURGAZLI K. M., CHASAN R., ERDOGAN A., ...Daha Fazla

CURRENT MEDICAL IMAGING REVIEWS, cilt.13, sa.4, ss.413-421, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2174/1573405613666170815160953
  • Dergi Adı: CURRENT MEDICAL IMAGING REVIEWS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.413-421
  • Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory disease of the pancreatic parenchyma and ductal structures. Typical MR imaging features of chronic pancreatitis include dilatation of the main pancreatic duct and irregularities of branch pancreatic ducts that can be evaluated with MRCP, loss of the normal high signal intensity of the pancreatic parenchyma on T1-weighted images, and decreased enhancement on dynamic contrast-enhanced sequences.