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MR cholangiopancreatography
Ann S Fulcher1, Mary Ann Turner
1Department of Radiology, 401 North 12th Street, Room 3-407B, Post Office Box 980615, Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0615, USA. asfulche@hsc.vcu.edu
Abstract:
In summary, over the past decade, MRCP has evolved not only as a feasible means of noninvasively evaluating the pancreaticobiliary tract but also as a technique with documented clinical utility. With the evolution of MRCP, there has been, by necessity, an evolution of ERCP. In fact, at some institutions MRCP has replaced diagnostic ERCP such that ERCP is reserved primarily for therapeutic interventions. When MRCP is performed in conjunction with abdominal MR and MRA, a comprehensive examination results that permits evaluation of the solid organs and vessels of the abdomen as well as the ductal systems.