Urgent MRI with MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) of acute cholecystitis and related complications: Diagnostic role and spectrum of imaging findings

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-348

  Tonolini, Massimo ^a   Ravelli, Anna ^a   Villa, Chiara ^a   Bianco, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cholecystitis; Cholelithiasis; Complications; Gallbladder perforation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).MRcholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAHEPATIC FISTULA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICHOLECYSTIC ABSCESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84865114870     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-012-1038-z     Document Type: Review

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