MRI findings of primary biliary cirrhosis: correlation with Scheuer histologic staging

S Kobayashi; O Matsui; T Gabata; N Terayama; J Sanada; M Yamashiro; M Minami; K Kozaka; K Harada; Y Nakanuma

doi:10.1007/s00261-004-0228-x

MRI findings of primary biliary cirrhosis: correlation with Scheuer histologic staging

Abdom Imaging. 2005 Jan-Feb;30(1):71-6. doi: 10.1007/s00261-004-0228-x.

Authors

S Kobayashi¹, O Matsui, T Gabata, N Terayama, J Sanada, M Yamashiro, M Minami, K Kozaka, K Harada, Y Nakanuma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Pathology (II), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1, Takara-Machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan. satoshik@rad.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

PMID: 15647874
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0228-x

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC; currently regarded as a vanishing bile duct syndrome) are not established. In this report, we describe our preliminary analysis of the relation between MRI findings and histopathologic staging of PBC and review clinical, morphologic, and MRI findings of PBC especially focusing on the staging of PBC.

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / etiology
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / complications
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / pathology*
Lymphatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Neoplasm Staging
Radiography