Primary sclerosing cholangitis: diagnostic performance of MRI compared to blood tests and clinical scoring systems for the evaluation of histopathological severity of disease.

Christopher SongSara LewisAmita KamathStefanie HectorsJuan PutraShingo KihiraOctavia BaneJawad AhmadJames BabbSwan ThungBachir Taouli

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)

MRI findings of cirrhosis/portal hypertension, blood tests, and clinical scoring systems had high performance for advanced histopathologic PSC stage diagnosis, while the severity of biliary abnormalities on MRI did not.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging
blood pressure
computed tomography