Abstract:
This study aimed to determine the mean biliary confluence angle
on MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) images in obstructive
jaundice caused by stones, and investigated the variability of the angle by
age.
The study population was drawn from the patients referred to
MRCP between January 2011 and June2011 for various symptoms
(epigastic pain, RT hypoconderia pain. A total of 89 patients (56 women
and 33men, average age 42.33
16.7) who were diagnosed as
obstructive jaundice caused by stones were included and in whom MRCP
shows biliary diseases or chronic parenchyma liver disease were excluded
.The confluence angle was measured independently by 2 observers on
coronal oblique thick-collimation images where the angle is optimum and
the mean values were noted.
The mean value was found to be 90.39
20.3. No statistically
significant correlation was found between biliary confluence angle and
age.
