Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) Biliary and Pancreatic Ducts /

• Main Authors: Manfredi, Riccardo (Author), Mucelli, Roberto Pozzi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Hepatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.

This book, based on the experience of a single large referral center, presents the characteristic findings obtained when using MR imaging and MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) to image the biliary tree and pancreatic ducts in a variety of disease settings. An introductory chapter is devoted to tech...

Table of Contents:

• INTRODUCTION: Technical considerations, anatomy and developmental anomalies of the Biliary tree and Pancreatic ducts
• BILIARY DUCTS
• Choledocholithiasis.- Inflammation of the biliary tree
• Neoplasms of the biliary tree
• PANCREATIC DUCTS
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Pancreatic neoplasms.