Added value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of pancreatic fluid collection infection

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 1064 - 1073
• Main Authors: Borens, Bruno, Arvanitakis, Marianna, Absil, Julie, El Bouchaibi, Saïd, Matos, Celso, Eisendrath, Pierre, Toussaint, Emmanuel, Deviere, Jacques, Bali, Maria Antonietta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Accuracy; Bacterial Infections - diagnostic imaging; Bacterial Infections - pathology; Cysts; Diagnostic Radiology; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Female; Gastrointestinal; Humans; Imaging; Infections; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neuroradiology; Pancreatic Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic Diseases - pathology; Pancreatic Juice - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatitis; Prospective Studies; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; ROC Curve; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasound; Belgium; France; Infection; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pancreatic Fluid Collection; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pancreatitis

Objectives To investigate the added value of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the detection of infection in pancreatic fluid collections (PFC). Methods Forty-patients with PFC requiring endoscopic-transmural drainage underwent conventional-MR and DW-MR imaging (b = 1000 s/m...