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Biliary Tract Depiction in Living Potential Liver Donors: Comparison of Conventional MR, Mangafodipir Trisodium–enhanced Excretory MR, and Multi–Detector Row CT Cholangiography—Initial Experience¹

¹ From the Departments of Radiology (B.M.Y., B.T., R.S.B., A.Q., F.V.C.) and Surgery (J.P.R.), University of California San Francisco, Box 0628, C-324C, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628. From the 2002 RSNA scientific assembly. Received December 26, 2002; revision requested March 4, 2003; revision received May 30; accepted July 23. Address correspondence to B.M.Y. (e-mail: benyeh@itsa.ucsf.edu).

PURPOSE: To compare biliary tract depiction in living potential liver donors at conventional magnetic resonance (MR), mangafodipir trisodium–enhanced excretory MR, and multi–detector row computed tomographic (CT) cholangiography.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight living potential liver donors underwent iodipamide meglumine–enhanced CT cholangiography. Eight different potential liver donors then underwent conventional MR cholangiography and mangafodipir trisodium–enhanced excretory MR cholangiography. Two readers independently scored all first-, second-, and third-order biliary branches with a four-point scale from 0 (not seen) to 3 (excellent visualization). Interobserver agreement was calculated by using the weighted statistic. Scores were compared between imaging modalities by using generalized estimating equations. Imaging findings of second-order biliary tract anatomy were compared with intraoperative findings for nine patients.

RESULTS: Interobserver agreement for overall biliary tract visualization was good for CT, conventional MR, and excretory MR cholangiography (with weighted values of 0.76, 0.66, and 0.79, respectively). The mean second-order biliary branch visualization scores for readers 1 and 2, respectively, were significantly higher at CT cholangiography (2.81 and 2.75) than at conventional MR (1.84 and 1.75, P < .001), excretory MR (2.00 and 2.06, P < .001), and combined conventional and excretory MR cholangiography (2.31 and 2.25, P < .01). At CT, conventional MR, and excretory MR cholangiography, respectively, second-order biliary branching anatomy was discernible in eight, five, and seven patients, with second-order biliary branch variants seen in three, two, and two patients. Surgical findings confirmed the pattern of second-order biliary branching seen at CT in five patients, that seen at conventional MR imaging in one patient, and that seen at excretory MR cholangiography in three patients. At surgery, one case of variant biliary anatomy was found to have been missed at CT cholangiography.

CONCLUSION: In living potential liver donors, CT cholangiography enables significantly better biliary tract visualization than conventional or excretory MR cholangiography either alone or in combination.

© RSNA, 2004

Index terms: Bile ducts, anatomy, 763.13, 764.13, 765.13, 766.13 • Bile ducts, CT, 763.12116, 764.12116, 765.12116, 766.12116 • Bile ducts, MR, 763.12142, 764.12142, 765.12142, 766.12142 • Liver, transplantation, 761.89 • Magnetic resonance (MR), cholangiopancreatography, 763.12142, 764.12142, 765.12142, 766.12142

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