MRCP juice test

Case contributed by Jan Frank Gerstenmaier
Diagnosis not applicable
mri

From left to right:
Premium pineapple juice, water, orange juice, cheap hospital pineapple juice. 

Case Discussion

Negative oral contrast to 'null' the duodenum during MRCP:

  • commercially available agents

  • natural products, such as pineapple juice, which are rich in manganese and shorten T2 relaxation time

The test image demonstrates the T2 signal intensity of pineapple juice when compared to water and orange juice.

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