Ductectatic mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: evaluation with MR cholangiopancreatography.
OBJECTIVE
We performed this study to describe the advantages of MR cholangiopancreatography and its findings in revealing ductectatic mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.


CONCLUSIONS
MR cholangiopancreatography using both projection and source images can reveal characteristic findings of a ductectatic mucinous cystic lesion of the pancreas and show the presence of the communicating duct between the cystic lesion and the main pancreatic duct.
Onaya
H
H
Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Itai
Y
Y
Niitsu
M
M
Chiba
T
T
Michishita
N
N
Saida
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*