MRI findings of primary biliary cirrhosis: correlation with Scheuer histologic staging.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC; currently regarded as a vanishing bile duct syndrome) are not established. In this report, we describe our preliminary analysis of the relation between MRI findings and histopathologic staging of PBC and review clinical, morphologic, and MRI findings of PBC especially focusing on the staging of PBC.
Kobayashi
S
S
Department of Radiology and Pathology (II), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1, Takara-Machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan. satoshik@rad.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Matsui
O
O
Gabata
T
T
Terayama
N
N
Sanada
J
J
Yamashiro
M
M
Minami
M
M
Kozaka
K
K
Harada
K
K
Nakanuma
Y
Y
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011859:Radiography