DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (MRCP) IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS TAKING ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) AS GOLD STANDARD
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52764/jms.25.33.4.1Keywords:
MRCP, ERCP, Diagnostic AccuracyAbstract
Objective: To determine how accurately MRCP identifies choledocholithiasis when compared with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which serves as the reference standard.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Radiology at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, from April 3, 2022, to October 3, 2022, including patients with choledocholithiasis who had been symptomatic for at least 3 months. Diagnostic accuracy was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value.
RESULTS: A total of 100 patients, aged 18-60 years and of both genders, with suspected choledocholithiasis for at least 3 months, were included. The diagnostic accuracy of MRCP was evaluated. When compared with ERCP as the reference method, MRCP showed a sensitivity of 91.07%, a specificity of 81.82%, a positive predictive value of 86.44%, and a negative predictive value of 87.80%.
CONCLUSION:
The results of this study show that MRCP is a reliable and effective noninvasive method for detecting choledocholithiasis, with a sensitivity of 91.07% and a specificity of 81.82%.
KEYWORDS: Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), Choledocholithiasis, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Diagnostic Accuracy
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Sayed Haider Yadain, Fazal Tahir, Uzma Nisar, Sajjad Hussain, Syeda Momina Sultana, Hussain Rashid Ihsan
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All articles published in the Journal of Medical Sciences (JMS) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under the CC BY 4.0 license, author(s) retain the ownership of the copyright publishing rights without restrictions for their content, and allow others to copy, use, print, share, modify, and distribute the content of the article even for commercial purposes as long as the original authors and the journal are properly cited. No permission is required from the author/s or the publishers for this purpose. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article. The corresponding author has the right to grant on behalf of all authors, a worldwide license to JMS and its licensees in all forms, formats, and media (whether known now or created in the future), The corresponding author must certify and warrant the authorship and proprietorship and should declare that he/she has not granted or assigned any of the article’s rights to any other person or body.
The corresponding author must compensate the journal for any costs, expenses, or damages that the JMS may incur as a result of any breach of these warranties including any intentional or unintentional errors, omissions, copyright issues, or plagiarism. The editorial office must be notified upon submission if an article contains materials like text, pictures, tables, or graphs from other copyrighted sources. The JMS reserves the right to remove any images, figures, tables, or other content, from any article, whether before or after publication, if concerns are raised about copyright, license, or permissions and the authors are unable to provide documentation confirming that appropriate permissions were obtained for publication of the content in question.
