title: Magnetic resonance-guided biliary drainage in a patient with malignant obstructive jaundice and thrombocytopenia.
abstract: In a patient suffering from malignant obstructive jaundice and thrombocytopenia, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to guide percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, to avoid blind puncture of the bile ducts using fluoroscopy. The first puncture approach was successful, and an MRI-visible guide wire and drainage catheter were inserted successfully within 35 min. The course after the intervention was uneventful, and the patient's fever and itching improved. MRI guidance facilitated optimal procedure planning and high puncture accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Benjamin Franklin Hospital, Free University of Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany. faiss@ukbf.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faiss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeitz
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Wacker
mesh_terms: D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D016896:Treatment Outcome