MR CHOLANGIOGRAPHY IN PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of MR cholangiography to reveal the characteristics of biliary abnormalitie s found in primary sclerosing cholangitis. CONCLUSION, Our results sug gest that MR cholangiography could be useful in the diagnosis of prima ry sclerosing cholangitis. Slightly dilated peripheral bile ducts unco nnected to the central ducts in several hepatic segments are a charact eristic MR sign of primary sclerosing cholangitis. However, other stud ies are necessary to establish the usefulness of MR cholangiography in relation to other imaging techniques for evaluating primary sclerosin g cholangitis.