PMC4900054_01
67-year-old female presented with epigastric and left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced axial CT image shows inflammatory/edematous changes (arrows) surrounding the head and neck of the pancreas.
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The intravenous contrast-enhanced CT scan on admission showed peripancreatic inflammation most prominent around the head and neck, together with hypoattenuation and enlargement of the head consistent with acute pancreatitis (Figure 1, Figure 2).
67-year-old female with epigastric and left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced axial CT image shows peripancreatic inflammatory changes (arrows) along with hypoattenuation and enlargement of the pancreatic head.
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The intravenous contrast-enhanced CT scan on admission showed peripancreatic inflammation most prominent around the head and neck, together with hypoattenuation and enlargement of the head consistent with acute pancreatitis (Figure 1, Figure 2).
67-year-old female with epigastric and left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Axial CT image with both oral and intravenous contrast shows duodenum (D) surrounded by tissue isodense to pancreas (arrows). Also visible is the common duct (arrowhead) just posteromedial to the duodenum.
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The common duct (CD) was seen just posteromedial to the duodenum (Fig. 3).
67-year-old female with epigastric and left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Coronal CT reformatted image shows pancreatic tissue (arrow) along the lateral aspect of the descending duodenum. Acute inflammatory changes are again visible in pancreatic head.
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Coronal reformatted CT images showed pancreatic tissue along the lateral aspect of descending duodenum (Fig. 4).
67-year-old female with epigastric and left-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. MRI abdomen T1-weighted 3 D VIBE axial image at the level of pancreas shows pancreatic tissue (arrows) surrounding the duodenum (D). Also visible is the common bile duct (arrowhead).
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MRI of the abdomen at the level of pancreas showed pancreatic tissue surrounding the duodenum (Fig. 5).