Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Cirrhosis, Cholangiography, MR-Diffusion/Perfusion, MR-Cholangiography, MR, Abdomen
Authors:
E. Cebada Chaparro1, J. Lloret Del Hoyo1, A. G. Ortiz Escobar2, R. J. Méndez1; 1Madrid/ES, 2Bogota/CO
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-2183
Conclusion
Chronic cholangitis are a group of diseases with different etiologies and diverse therapeutic approach.
MRCP is the best noninvasive technique for imaging intra and extrahepatic bile ducts.
An optimized and tailored technique is necessary to obtain high quality studies.
In a patient with chronic cholestasis and suspected PSC,
MRCP is the preferred diagnostic technique to demonstrate bile duct abnormalities.
Patients with IgG4-related cholangitis and chronic cholangitis related to secondary causes can also present strictures and dilatations of intra and extrahepatic bile ducts.
The clinical background and laboratory data are essential for the differential diagnosis of chronic cholangitis,
but there are also some imaging signs that could help in the characterization of these diseases,
to detect complications and to rule out a neoplasm.