MR cholangiography in the evaluation of patients with duodenal periampullary diverticulum.
OBJECTIVE
This retrospective study evaluates the relationship between periampullary duodenal diverticula and the common bile duct (CBD).


METHODS
The patients were examined with HASTE breath hold MR cholangiography (MRC) using a 1 T Siemens Expert Plus Scanner. Axial T2-weighted images were also obtained in all patients.


RESULTS
From the 66 patients, only 23 clearly depicted to have deverticula, while 31 patients were suspected to have diverticula and for the rest 12 patients, the MRC results were negative. From these 66 patients, the 18 patients proved to have stones in the CBD.


CONCLUSIONS
MRC has very low sensitivity in the detection of duodenum diverticula, but is the method of choice to evaluate their relationship with the distal part of the CBD.
Tsitouridis
Ioannis
I
Radiology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, N. Eukarpia, 646 29 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Emmanouilidou
Maria
M
Goutsaridou
Fotini
F
Kokozidis
Georgios
G
Kalambakas
Athanasios
A
Papastergiou
Christos
C
Tsantiridis
Christos
C
D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000473:pathology*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000473:pathology*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies