[Combined use of MRI and MR cholangiopancreatography and contrast enhanced dual phase 3-D MR angiography in diagnosis of pancreatic tumors: initial clinical results].

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of a non-invasive "all-in-one" staging MR method in patients with pancreatic tumors.

Material And Methods: 46 patients were prospectively evaluated by a combined MR imaging protocol including breath-hold T1- and T2-weighted pulse sequence, MRCP using a breath-hold 2D-RARE sequence, and breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced dual-phase 3D-MR angiography.

Results: All pancreatic tumors were detected by the combination of cross-sectional imaging and MRCP.

[The value of magnetic resonance tomography (MRT), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the diagnosis of pancreatic tumors].

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the role of MRI including MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) compared to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Material And Methods: ERCP and MRI including MRCP were performed in 52 patients with suspected pancreatic cancer. MRCP was obtained using a single-shot RARE technique.

Ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging improves the staging of pancreatic tumors.

Objective: This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the accuracy of a noninvasive "all-in-one" staging method in predicting surgical resectability in patients with pancreatic or periampullary tumors.

Summary Background Data: Despite progress in imaging techniques, accurate staging and correct prediction of resectability remains one of the chief problems in the management of pancreatic tumors. Staging algorithms designed to separate operable from inoperable patients to save the latter an unnecessary laparotomy are becoming increasingly complex, expensive, time-consuming, invasive, and not without risks for the patient.

A severe complication of the new self-expanding spiral nitinol biliary stent.

The new spiral nitinol biliary stent offers some very promising features, including its long patency and retrievability. We report here the case of a patient in whom this type of stent was inserted for palliative treatment of a periampullary tumour. The stent migrated distally, and could not be withdrawn.

[Pulmonary infiltrations in Sjögren syndrome--a radiodiagnostic study].

We report on the radiological findings of 8 female patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and pulmonary infiltrations. In the chest x-ray, all patients featured an interstitial diffuse bilateral reticular pattern which was most prominent in the bases. The apices of the upper lobes were not involved.