Pancreatitis in the developmentally anomalous pancreas

Developmental anomalies of the pancreas include more common entities such as pancreas divisum and annular pancreas, and unusual entities such as heterotopic pancreas. While these anomalies can present a diagnostic challenge to the radiologist, when the pancreatic tissue involved in these processes d...

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Published in:Abdominal imaging 2020-05, Vol.45 (5), p.1316-1323
Main Authors: Wood, Cecil G., Lopes Vendrami, Camila, Craig, Elizabeth, Mittal, Pardeep K., Miller, Frank H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anomalies
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic systems
Familiarity
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Humans
Imaging
Inflammation
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pancreas
Pancreas - abnormalities
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis - diagnostic imaging
Pancreatitis - etiology
Radiology
Special Section: Pancreatitis
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Summary:Developmental anomalies of the pancreas include more common entities such as pancreas divisum and annular pancreas, and unusual entities such as heterotopic pancreas. While these anomalies can present a diagnostic challenge to the radiologist, when the pancreatic tissue involved in these processes develops pancreatitis, the radiographic appearance can present a diagnostic dilemma. Awareness of these pancreatic anomalies and familiarity with their appearance when inflamed is necessary to distinguish pancreatitis in the developmentally anomalous pancreas from other inflammatory or neoplastic processes.
ISSN:2366-004X
2366-0058
DOI:10.1007/s00261-019-02197-8