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Cholangiocarcinoma MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On MRI, cholangiocarcinoma is characterized by either isointense or hypointense relative to the normal liver on T1 and mildly to markedly hyperintense on T2. Moderate to incomplete enhancement is obseved on contrast MRI.
MRI
MRI
- Abdominal MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. Findings on MRI suggestive of cholangiocarcinoma include:[1][2]
- Isointense or hypointense relative to the normal liver on T1w MR images
- Mildly to markedly hyperintense on T2w images
References
References
- ↑ Vanderveen KA, Hussain HK (2004). “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of cholangiocarcinoma”. Cancer Imaging. 4 (2): 104–15. doi:10.1102/1470-7330.2004.0018. PMC 1434592. PMID 18250017.
- ↑ Jhaveri KS, Hosseini-Nik H (2015). “MRI of cholangiocarcinoma”. J Magn Reson Imaging. 42 (5): 1165–79. doi:10.1002/jmri.24810. PMID 25447417.
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