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Primary biliary cirrhosis MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Abdominal MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis. Findings on MRI suggestive of primary biliary cirrhosis are parenchymal lace-like fibrosis and periportal halo sign.
MRI
MRI
- Abdominal MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis. Findings on MRI suggestive of primary biliary cirrhosis are parenchymal lace-like fibrosis and periportal halo sign. Other characteristic features include:[1][2][3]
- Irregularly appearing regenerative nodules on the hepatic surface
- Hyperintense periportal region
- Segmental hypertrophy of the caudate lobe
- Regional lymphadenopathy
- Splenomegaly
References
References
- ↑ Kumagi T, Heathcote EJ (2008). “Primary biliary cirrhosis”. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 3: 1. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-3-1. PMC 2266722. PMID 18215315.
- ↑ Purohit T, Cappell MS (2015). “Primary biliary cirrhosis: Pathophysiology, clinical presentation and therapy”. World J Hepatol. 7 (7): 926–41. doi:10.4254/wjh.v7.i7.926. PMC 4419097. PMID 25954476.
- ↑ Nguyen DL, Juran BD, Lazaridis KN (2010). “Primary biliary cirrhosis”. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 24 (5): 647–54. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2010.07.006. PMC 2958170. PMID 20955967.
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