Sunday, February, 12, 2012

Abdominal MRI

Table of Contents

Alternative Names

Nuclear magnetic resonance - abdomen; NMR - abdomen; Magnetic resonance imaging - abdomen; MRI of the abdomen


Normal Values


What abnormal results mean

An abnormal result may be due to:

  • Abscess
  • Acute tubular necrosis
  • Cancer
  • Enlarged spleen or liver
  • Gallbladder or bile duct problems
  • Gallstones, bile duct stones
  • Hemangiomas, or others
  • Hydronephrosis (kidney swelling from the backflow of urine)
  • Kidney infection
  • Kidney damage
  • Lymphadenopathy (abnormalities of the lymph nodes)
  • Obstructed vena cava
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Portal vein obstruction (liver)
  • Renal arterial obstruction
  • Renal vein thrombosis
  • Transplant rejection
  • Tumor of the gallbladder

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

  • 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

Review Date: 11/21/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)