The Effect of Giving Blitung Banana as a Negative Oral Contrast Agent on the Examination of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography

Abstract

Superposition between the pancreatobiliary system and the gastrointestinal system on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography examination makes the resulting image appear less clear and can look like pathology because it can mimic the image of certain lesions. To overcome this we need negative oral contrast agent. Blitung banana containing iron and manganese are used as an alternative to negative oral contrast agent in the examination of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography to improve anatomical information of the pancreatobiliary system and reduce the intensity of signals in the gastrointestinal system.
This study used a quasi experimental design with the aim of seeing differences in anatomic information on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography images between before and 5 minutes after giving blitung banana as negative oral contrast agent. The study was conducted on 7 healthy participants and 2 radiologists as respondents to evaluate the images.
The results showed an increase in anatomic information on the pancreatobiliary organ system gall bladder, common bile duct, main pancreatic duct and a reduction in signal intensity of the gastrointestinal system in the stomach organs after administration of blitung banana on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography examination.