title: Magnetic resonance imaging of bile and pancreatic ducts: a retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the value of magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of pancreatobiliary ductal system changes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 103 patients (44 men, 59 women, mean age 57, age range 1 month - 91 years) with pancreatobiliary duct changes. The patients underwent a routine liver and pancreas MR imaging that included a MR cholangiopancreatography sequence. Comparison was made with findings at surgery, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopacreatography performed within 14 days, and follow-up, as a reference standard.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of magnetic resonance for the evaluation of lithiasis were 87%, 90.2% and 89.3% respectively; 100%, 97.8%, and 98%, respectively for cholangitis; 91.6%, 96.7% and 96,1%, for bile ducts tumors; 89.4%, 97.5%, and 96%, for chronic pancreatitis; 92.3%, 97.6%, and 96.6%, for pancreatic tumors; 88.8%, 96.4% and 95.1%, for periampullary stenosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Magnetic resonance is a reliable imaging technique for the evaluation of biliary and pancreatic ducts
authors.affiliation: Emergency Hospital, 8 Floreasca Street, Bucharest, Romania. drnbolog@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Nicolae
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bolog
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Constantinescu
authors.forename: Irinel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oancea
authors.forename: Mircea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beuran
authors.forename: Ruxandra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Albu
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanţă
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nicolau
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iordache
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies