Multislice CT cholangiography using thin-slab minimum intensity projection and multiplanar reformation in the evaluation of patients with suspected biliary obstruction: preliminary experience.
Thirty-three patients with suspected biliary obstruction were prospectively evaluated with multislice CT cholangiography using thin-slab minimum intensity projection (MinIP) and multiplanar reformation (MPR) to determine its usefulness and to compare with the comparative studies of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC), magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC), or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC). CT cholangiography made correct diagnoses in all biliary obstructions except in two patients with common bile duct stones. The correspondence with the comparative study was 93.9%. Multislice CT cholangiography may be favorable in noninvasive evaluation of biliary obstructions.
Kim
Hyun Cheol
HC
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan Hospital, Bongmyeong-Dong, Cheonan-Si, Chungcheongnam, Republic of Korea. khcppp@empal.com
Park
Seong Jin
SJ
Park
Sung Il
SI
Park
Sang Heum
SH
Kim
Hyun Jun
HJ
Shin
Hyeong Cheol
HC
Bae
Won Kyung
WK
Kim
Il Young
IY
Lee
Hae Kyung
HK
D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed