@article{QIMS6031,
author = {Nian Liu and Xiao-Hua Huang and Xiao-Ming Zhang and Guo-Li Dong and Zong-Lin Jing and Cai-Liang Gao and Meng-Yue Tang},
title = {The angle of pancreaticobiliary junction correlates with acute pancreatitis: a magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography study},
journal = {Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery},
volume = {5},
number = {3},
year = {2015},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Purpose: To study the correlation between the angle of the pancreaticobiliary junction (APJ) and the prevalence of acute pancreatitis using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP).
Materials and methods: From February 2014 to October 2014, thirty two subjects with normal pancreas (group A) and 40 patients with acute pancreatitis (group B) who underwent MRCP were enrolled into our study. The type of biliary duct and main pancreatic duct joining the duodenal wall was reviewed and divided into V, B-P and P-B type. The V type is the pancreatic duct and biliary duct joining the duodenal wall without a common channel; the B-P type is the biliary duct draining into the pancreatic duct and forming a common channel; and the P-B type is the pancreatic duct draining into the biliary duct and forming a common channel. APJ was measured on MRCP. The correlation between the APJ and the prevalence of acute pancreatitis was analyzed.
Results: The APJ in group A was smaller than in group B (51.45°±13.51° vs. 65.76°±15.61°, P0.05).
Conclusions: A larger APJ is related to a higher prevalence of acute pancreatitis.},
issn = {2223-4306}, url = {https://qims.amegroups.org/article/view/6031}
}