title: MR cholangiography in the evaluation of patients with duodenal periampullary diverticulum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, N. Eukarpia, 646 29 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsitouridis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emmanouilidou
authors.forename: Fotini
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goutsaridou
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kokozidis
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalambakas
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papastergiou
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsantiridis
mesh_terms: 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