Sonja Kinner1,2, Tilman B Schubert3,4, Adnan Said5, Joshua D Mezrich6, Scott B Reeder3,5,7,8,9. 1. Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53792-3252, USA. SKinner@uwhealth.org. 2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany. SKinner@uwhealth.org. 3. Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53792-3252, USA. 4. Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. 5. Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 6. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 7. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 8. Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. 9. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Biliary complications after liver transplantation (LT) are common. This study aimed to ascertain the value of gadoxetic acid-enhanced T1-weighted (T1w) magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) to evaluate anastomotic strictures (AS), non-anastomotic strictures (NAS) and biliary casts (BC). METHODS: Sixty liver-transplanted patients with suspicion of biliary complications and T2w-MRCP and T1w-MRC followed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) were analysed. Two readers reviewed the MRCs and rated image quality (IQ) and likelihood for AS/NAS/BC on Likert scales. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values were calculated, ROC curve analysis performed, and inter-reader variability assessed. The subjective added value of T1w-MRC was rated. RESULTS: IQ was high for all sequences without significant differences (2.83-2.88). In 39 patients ERCP/PTC detected a complication. Sensitivity and specificity for AS were 64-96 using T2w-MRCP, increasing to 79-100 using all sequences. Use of all sequences increased the sensitivity of detecting NAS/BC from 72-92% to 88-100% and 67-89% to 72-94%, respectively. Kappa values were substantial (0.45-0.62). T1w-MRC was found to be helpful in 75-83.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Combining T1w-MRC and T2w-MRCP increased sensitivity and specificity and diagnostic confidence in patients after LT with suspected biliary complications. T1w-MRC is a valuable tool for evaluating post-transplant biliary complications. KEY POINTS: • T1w-MRC is a valuable tool for evaluating post-transplant biliary complications. • Adding T1w-MRC to T2w-MRC increases diagnostic confidence for detection of biliary complications. • A combination of T1w-MRC and T2w-MRCP leads to the best results.
OBJECTIVES: Biliary complications after liver transplantation (LT) are common. This study aimed to ascertain the value of gadoxetic acid-enhanced T1-weighted (T1w) magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) to evaluate anastomotic strictures (AS), non-anastomotic strictures (NAS) and biliary casts (BC). METHODS: Sixty liver-transplanted patients with suspicion of biliary complications and T2w-MRCP and T1w-MRC followed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) were analysed. Two readers reviewed the MRCs and rated image quality (IQ) and likelihood for AS/NAS/BC on Likert scales. Sensitivity, specificity and predictive values were calculated, ROC curve analysis performed, and inter-reader variability assessed. The subjective added value of T1w-MRC was rated. RESULTS: IQ was high for all sequences without significant differences (2.83-2.88). In 39 patients ERCP/PTC detected a complication. Sensitivity and specificity for AS were 64-96 using T2w-MRCP, increasing to 79-100 using all sequences. Use of all sequences increased the sensitivity of detecting NAS/BC from 72-92% to 88-100% and 67-89% to 72-94%, respectively. Kappa values were substantial (0.45-0.62). T1w-MRC was found to be helpful in 75-83.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Combining T1w-MRC and T2w-MRCP increased sensitivity and specificity and diagnostic confidence in patients after LT with suspected biliary complications. T1w-MRC is a valuable tool for evaluating post-transplant biliary complications. KEY POINTS: • T1w-MRC is a valuable tool for evaluating post-transplant biliary complications. • Adding T1w-MRC to T2w-MRC increases diagnostic confidence for detection of biliary complications. • A combination of T1w-MRC and T2w-MRCP leads to the best results.
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