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Abstract #2622

In primary sclerosing cholangitis, diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging correlates better with liver stiffness than Gadoxetate disodium enhanced MR imaging

Jin Yamamura1, Jan Sedlacik2, Tillmann Schuler1, Ralph Buchert3, Dr. Maxim Avanesov1, Hendrik Kooijman-Kurfuerst4, Christoph Schramm5, Gerhard Adam1, and Sarah Keller1

1Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 2Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 3Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 4MRI, Philips Medical Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 5Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Several disadvantages of DCE-MRI, such as long examination time, application of intravenous contrast agents and elaborative postprocessing and the higher sensitivity of the ADC to differentiate several stages of fibrosis, favorites DWI over DCE-MRI for diagnosis and staging of fibrosis in routine clinical MRI of PSC patients.

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