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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:


Overview

There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name].

OR

[Location] MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on MRI suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].

OR

There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name]. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].

MRI

  • Abdominal MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of Primary biliary cirrhosis. Findings on MRI that increase the suspicion for Primary biliary cirrhosis are parenchymal lace-like fibrosis and periportal halo sign. Other characteristic features include: [1] [2] [3]
    • Irregularly appearing regenerative nodules on the hepatic surface
    • Hyperintense periportal region
    • Segmental hypertrophy of the caudate lobe
    • Regional lymphadenopathy
    • splenomegaly

References

  1. Kumagi T, Heathcote EJ (2008). "Primary biliary cirrhosis". Orphanet J Rare Dis. 3: 1. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-3-1. PMC 2266722. PMID 18215315.
  2. Purohit T, Cappell MS (2015). "Primary biliary cirrhosis: Pathophysiology, clinical presentation and therapy". World J Hepatol. 7 (7): 926–41. doi:10.4254/wjh.v7.i7.926. PMC 4419097. PMID 25954476.
  3. Nguyen DL, Juran BD, Lazaridis KN (2010). "Primary biliary cirrhosis". Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 24 (5): 647–54. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2010.07.006. PMC 2958170. PMID 20955967.


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