Magnetic resonance pancreatography (MRP)

Magnetic resonance pancreatography (MRP) is a technique that permits accura te evaluation of the pancreatic duct without instrumentation, contrast mate rial administration, or ionizing radiation. Because MRP is entirely noninva sive, MRP avoids complications associated with endoscopic retrograde pancre atography (ERP) such as pancreatitis and perforation. MRP allows for the no ninvasive evaluation of patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis, varia nt anatomy of the pancreatic duct, pancreatic duct trauma, and pancreatic n eoplasia. MRP yields diagnostic information in the setting of a failed or i ncomplete ERP. When MRP is performed in conjunction with conventional abdom inal MR, the result is a comprehensive examination of the pancreatic duct a s well as the pancreas and other solid organs of the abdomen.