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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