Measurement of Common Bile Duct and Pancreatic Duct for obstructive jaundice using Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

Abstract

This descriptive crossectional study aimed to measure the diameter of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct in obstructive jaundice and correlate this measurement with age and gender. The study done for55 patients 16 male and 39 female their age between (21 _78) years, they selected randomly when they attended to radiology department for performed MRCP. The diameter of common bile duct and pancreatic duct were measured from the 2D images of (SSTSE BH). Then the data analyzed by SPSS to find the mean and standard deviations correlations. The study found the mean ofthe diameter common bile duct for female&male of age group (21-78) years were (5.8±2.0 mm) of male and (6.9±4.7mm) of female , and the diameter of pancreatic duct were (2.3±0.4mm) for male and were (2.5±0.8mm) for female respectively. In addition, the study found correlation between the diameterof common bile duct and pancreatic duct and age statistically on significant for both male and female were nosignificant of values R (0.68 and 0.11)respectively. The study concluded that the diameter of common bile duct and pancreatic duct of obstructive jaundice was same to compared male and female there were no significant difference. The study recommended further studies in measuring common bile duct and pancreatic duct with larger sample of population