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Gallbladder cancer MRI
Introduction
MRI
MRI
- MRI,MRA can help in differentiate benign from malignant gallbladder lesions.[1][2]
- The combination of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) with MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) is particularly useful in diagnosing the following [3][4]
- Involvement of biliary tract
- Vascular invasion
- Involvement of liver
- Involvement of lymph nodes
References
References
- ↑ Kaza RK, Gulati M, Wig JD, Chawla YK (2006). “Evaluation of gall bladder carcinoma with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography”. Australas Radiol. 50 (3): 212–7. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01564.x. PMID 16732816.
- ↑ Kim, Soo Jin; Lee, Jeong Min; Lee, Eun Sun; Han, Joon Koo; Choi, Byung Ihn (2015). “Preoperative staging of gallbladder carcinoma using biliary MR imaging”. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 41 (2): 314–321. doi:10.1002/jmri.24537. ISSN 1053-1807.
- ↑ Kanthan, Rani; Senger, Jenna-Lynn; Ahmed, Shahid; Kanthan, Selliah Chandra (2015). “Gallbladder Cancer in the 21st Century”. Journal of Oncology. 2015: 1–26. doi:10.1155/2015/967472. ISSN 1687-8450.
- ↑ Lee, N.K.; Kim, S.; Kim, T.U.; Kim, D.U.; Seo, H.I.; Jeon, T.Y. (2014). “Diffusion-weighted MRI for differentiation of benign from malignant lesions in the gallbladder”. Clinical Radiology. 69 (2): e78–e85. doi:10.1016/j.crad.2013.09.017. ISSN 0009-9260.
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