Dynamic secretin-enhanced MR cholangiopancreatography.
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.
Akisik
M Fatih
MF
Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, UH 0279, 550 N University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5253, USA. makisik@iupui.edu
Sandrasegaran
Kumaresan
K
Aisen
Alex A
AA
Maglinte
Dean D T
DD
Sherman
Stuart
S
Lehman
Glen A
GA
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
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