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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]

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MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of gallbladder cancer.

MRI,MRA and MRCP can help in differentiate benign from malignant gallbladder lesions.^[1]^[2]
.The combination of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) with MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) and MRCP (magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography) is paticularly useful in diagnosing the following ^[3]^[4]
- Involvement of biliray tarct with a sensitivity100% and specificity of 89%
- Vascular invasion with a sensitivity100% and specificity of 87%
- Involvement of liver with a sensitivity 67% and specificity of 89%
- Involvement of lymphnodes with a sensitivity56% and specificity of 89%

↑ Kaza RK, Gulati M, Wig JD, Chawla YK (2006). "Evaluation of gall bladder carcinoma with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography". Australas Radiol. 50 (3): 212–7. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01564.x. PMID 16732816.
↑ Kim, Soo Jin; Lee, Jeong Min; Lee, Eun Sun; Han, Joon Koo; Choi, Byung Ihn (2015). "Preoperative staging of gallbladder carcinoma using biliary MR imaging". Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 41 (2): 314–321. doi:10.1002/jmri.24537. ISSN 1053-1807.
↑ Kanthan, Rani; Senger, Jenna-Lynn; Ahmed, Shahid; Kanthan, Selliah Chandra (2015). "Gallbladder Cancer in the 21st Century". Journal of Oncology. 2015: 1–26. doi:10.1155/2015/967472. ISSN 1687-8450.
↑ Lee, N.K.; Kim, S.; Kim, T.U.; Kim, D.U.; Seo, H.I.; Jeon, T.Y. (2014). "Diffusion-weighted MRI for differentiation of benign from malignant lesions in the gallbladder". Clinical Radiology. 69 (2): e78–e85. doi:10.1016/j.crad.2013.09.017. ISSN 0009-9260.