Preoperative imaging with MRI/MRA/MRCP is an accurate non-invasive method for staging cholangiocarcinoma,and determining resectability. It provides information regarding tumor size, extent of bile duct involvement, vascularpatency, extrahepatic extension, nodal or distant metastases, and the presence of lobar atrophy. MRCP is better fordemonstrating bile ducts distal to the stricture, although with ERCP, therapeutic intervention such as stent placementand biopsy can be performed.

Author

Katrina A Vanderveen and Hero K Hussain

Contact Details

Corresponding address:
Department of Radiology/MRI B2B311,
University of Michigan Hospitals ,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109,
USA.

Reference

ICIS Cancer Imaging volume 4
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2004.0018

Date Posted

6 April 2004

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