Exploring the length of the common channel of pancreaticobiliary maljunction on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

• Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 68 - 73
• Main Authors: Itokawa, Fumihide, Kamisawa, Terumi, Nakano, Toshiaki, Itoi, Takao, Hamada, Yoshinori, Ando, Hisami, Fujii, Hideki, Koshinaga, Tsugumichi, Yoshida, Hitoshi, Tamoto, Eiji, Noda, Takuo, Kimura, Yasutoshi, Maguchi, Hiroyuki, Urushihara, Naoto, Horaguchi, Jun, Morotomi, Yoshiki, Sato, Masahito, Hanada, Keiji, Tanaka, Masao, Takahashi, Astushi, Yamaguchi, Taketo, Arai, Yuuki, Horiguchi, Akihiko, Igarashi, Yoshinori, Inui, Kazuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bile Ducts - pathology; Biliary Tract Diseases - diagnosis; Child; Child, Preschool; Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance - methods; Common channel; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Male; Middle Aged; Pancreatic Diseases - diagnosis; Pancreatic Ducts - pathology; Pancreaticobiliary maljunction; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Common channel; Pancreaticobiliary maljunction

Background In the revised diagnostic criteria for pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM), PBM can be diagnosed from a long common channel by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). However, it is necessary to differentiate from high confluence of pancreaticobiliary ducts (HCPBD) with a rel...