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The cholangiographic findings of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) are heterogeneous and can mimic other biliary diseases, making it difficult to diagnose IgG4-SC on the basis of biliary changes on cholangiography alone [1–3]. MRI with MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) can simultaneously provide imaging of wall thickening of the bile ducts and its enhancement patterns, the pattern and degree of biliary strictures, and other IgG4-related disease in different intra-abdominal organs, such as autoimmune pancreatitis, IgG4-related renal disease, and retroperitoneal fibrosis [4]. Therefore, MRI with MRCP is a useful noninvasive diagnostic tool for IgG4-SC.
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Byun, J.H. (2019). Imaging: MRI with MRCP. In: Kamisawa, T., Kim, MH. (eds) IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4548-6_9
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