European Journal of Radiology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 154-160, August 2003

MR cholangiography in the evaluation of patients with duodenal periampullary diverticulum

Radiology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, N. Eukarpia, 646 29 Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 27 February 2002; received in revised form 22 April 2002; accepted 24 April 2002.

Abstract 

Objective: This retrospective study evaluates the relationship between periampullary duodenal diverticula and the common bile duct (CBD). Materials and methods: The patients were examined with HASTE breath hold MR cholangiography (MRC) using a 1 T Siemens Expert Plus Scanner. Axial T2-weighted images were also obtained in all patients. Results: From the 66 patients, only 23 clearly depicted to have deverticula, while 31 patients were suspected to have diverticula and for the rest 12 patients, the MRC results were negative. From these 66 patients, the 18 patients proved to have stones in the CBD. Conclusion: MRC has very low sensitivity in the detection of duodenum diverticula, but is the method of choice to evaluate their relationship with the distal part of the CBD.

Keywords: Duodenum, Duodenal diverticulum, MRC

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PII: S0720-048X(02)00136-5

doi:10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00136-5

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 154-160, August 2003

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