title: [Chronic pancreatitis, acute pancreatitis].
abstract: MRCP has been recognized as a safe and noninvasive diagnostic method. In the present study we evaluated the usefulness of MRCP in diagnosis of chronic and acute pancreatitis. Two-dimensional fast asymmetric spin-echo (FASE) MRCP was performed in 40 patients with chronic pancreatitis and 13 with acute pancreatitis. In 29 patients (72.5%) with chronic pancreatitis and 9 (66.7%) with acute pancreatitis, main pancreatic duct (MPD) was visualized entirely. MRCP could demonstrate the characteristic findings of chronic pancreatitis such as dilatation and irregularity of MPD in most cases. In acute pancreatitis, MRCP indicated that MPD was normal in diameter, but irregular in configuration compared with that of the control group. MRCP may facilitate the diagnosis of chronic and acute pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Koseiren Kamo Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katada
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*