title: [Value of the nuclear magnetic cholangio resonance in the study of the patient with jaundice].
abstract: This report analyse the results about forty three (43) patients, thirty six (36) of which showed an extrahepatic obstructive biliary Syndrome was made evident by ultrasonography, five (5) with a cholecistolithiasis and doubtful history of jaundice were evaluated to carry out a video-surgery procedure and two (2) patients whom hepatic-yeyunostomy had been practiced, a control of anastomosis in postoperative period was required. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Operative Cholangiography findings were correlated and afterward with the anatomopathological studies when they arrived. In all cases the Nuclear Magnetic Cholangio Resonance (NMCR) let us prove the diagnosis of extrahepatic biliary obstruction determining with precision furthermore the topographical site of the lesion. Respecting the aetiology of obstruction, NMCR was accurate in 34 out of 36 cases (94.4%). In conclusion Cholangio-Resonance is an excellent diagnostic method to evaluate biliary ductal system including anatomic changes. However, there are some limitations yet in order to determine the aetiology of lesions about extrahepatic biliary via extremes. We emphasize its features such as non-invasive, little operating dependent, and without morbimortality that become it as a method of choice to study the biliary via from a diagnostic viewpoint.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gramática
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Struni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carranza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verasay
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taborda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gramática
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods*; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging