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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Nov 8;208(2):315–321. doi: 10.2214/AJR.16.16566

TABLE 2.

Sensitivity and Specificity of MRCP, With or Without Secretin Enhancement, for Detecting Ductal Abnormalities in Patients With Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis

Finding, Type of MRCP Sensitivity, % (95% CI) Specificity, % (95% CI)

Divisum
 Non–secretin enhanced 57.1 (18.4–90.1) 95.7 (85.5–99.5)
 Secretin enhanced 85.7 (42.1–99.6) 91.5 (79.6–97.6)
Main pancreatic duct dilation
 Non–secretin enhanced 46.2 (19.2–74.9) 100 (91.4–100.0)
 Secretin enhanced 85.7 (57.2–98.2) 97.5 (86.5–99.5)
Main pancreatic duct stricture
 Non–secretin enhanced 66.7 (9.4–99.2) 96.1 (86.5–99.5)
 Secretin enhanced 66.7 (9.4–99.2) 94.1 (83.8–98.8)
Side branch duct dilation
 Non–secretin enhanced 21.4 (4.7–50.8) 95.0 (83.1–99.4)
 Secretin enhanced 71.4 (41.9–91.6) 90.0 (76.3–97.2)
Any positive finding
 Non–secretin enhanced 56.0 (34.9–75.6) 90.0 (72.6–97.8)
 Secretin enhanced 76.0 (54.9–90.6) 88.1 (68.3–93.8)