MRCP

Magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography (MRCP) is a special type of magnetic resonance imaging test which is designed to examine the bile ducts in particular detail. As with all MR scans it requires patients to lie on a couch within the magnetic field. It is a test used to examine the bile ducts for evidence of strictures, stones or tumours (pancreatic cancer or cholangioarcinoma). It has the advantage over ERCP of being non invasive. However if patients require biliary intervention, such as removal of stones or insertion of stents an ERCP is required.