Abdominal MRI

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Digestive system MRI scans

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Abdominal MRI

The sensitivity of MRI depends, in part, on the experience of the radiologist.

Abdominal MRI may reveal many disorders, including:

• obstructed vena cava
• renal vein thrombosis
• renal arterial obstruction
• hydronephrosis (kidney enlargement from reflux of urine)
• glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney glomeruli)
• acute tubular necrosis
• extent of tissue damage in organ (kidney) transplant rejection
• pancreatic cancer
• adrenal masses
• mass (tumor) of the gallbladder
• other tumors or masses
• differentiates cancer from other types of lesions
• staging of prostate, uterine, or bladder cancer
• lymphadenopathy (abnormalities of the lymph nodes)
• portal vein obstruction (liver)
• enlarged spleen or liver
• distended gallbladder or bile duct
• gallstones, bile duct stones
• focal diseases such as abscess, hemangiomas, or others

• abdominal aortic aneurysm
• acute renal failure
• adenomyosis
• atheroembolic renal disease
• carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter
• chronic renal failure
• cystinuria
• hydatidiform mole
• injury of the kidney and ureter
• insulinoma
• islet of Langerhans' tumor
• medullary cystic disease
• multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) II
• multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) I
• nephrolithiasis
• ovarian cancer
• pheochromocytoma
• skin lesion of histoplasmosis

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