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- Title
Orally administered lemon/orange juice improved MRCP imaging of pancreatic ducts.
- Authors
Zhi-Qiang Chu; Qian Ji; Jia-Lin Zhang
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of oral administration of lemon/orange juice in improving the visualization of pancreatic ducts on MRCP. MRCP images were generated before and at every 15 min for 90 min after oral administration of lemon/orange juice in a dose of 2 ml/kg in 20 volunteers and 26 patients. The pre- and post-administration images were compared and analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. In 20 volunteers and 26 patients, the visualization at pancreatic duct of head, body, tail, accessory pancreatic duct, and branch duct was improved after juice administration. The diameter of pancreatic ducts was augmented, and the differences in the mean values before and after oral juice were highly significant at both sites in volunteers and patients ( P < 0.01). In 20 volunteers and 26 patients, after juice administration, the best visualization of the pancreatic duct was achieved at (58.98 ± 14.96) min and (59.41 ± 13.79) min, respectively, and the overlap imaging of oral juice was especially observed at (42.86 ± 10.92) min and (41.63 ± 9.32) min, respectively. Orally lemon/orange juice is an effective method to improve MRCP imaging of pancreatic ducts. The lemon/orange juice should be administered at 60 min prior to MRCP.
- Subjects
PANCREATIC duct; TREATMENT effectiveness; ORANGE juice; LEMON juice; VISUALIZATION
- Publication
Abdominal Imaging, 2010, Vol 35, Issue 3, p367
- ISSN
0942-8925
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00261-009-9514-y