title: Dynamic secretin-enhanced MR cholangiopancreatography.
abstract: Secretin causes temporary dilatation of pancreatic ducts, principally by increasing pancreatic exocrine secretions, and thus allows better visualization of the ducts at magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiopancreatography. Secretin-enhanced MR cholangiopancreatography is useful for detection and diagnosis of a variety of congenital, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions of the pancreas. Although MR cholangiopancreatography without secretin is a reliable method for evaluating the pancreatobiliary ductal system, the authors believe that secretin-enhanced MR cholangiopancreatography gives additional valuable functional and anatomic information about the pancreatic duct and pancreatic excretory capacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, UH 0279, 550 N University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5253, USA. makisik@iupui.edu
authors.forename: M Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Akisik
authors.forename: Kumaresan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandrasegaran
authors.forename: Alex A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aisen
authors.forename: Dean D T
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Maglinte
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Glen A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lehman
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012633:Secretin
chemical_list: D012633:Secretin