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Title | Acute pancreatitis: clinical vs. CT findings |
Creator/Author | Hill, M.C. (Univ. of Miami, FL) ; Barkin, J. ; Isikoff, M.B. ; Silver stein, W. ; Kalser, M. |
Publication Date | 1982 Aug 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6783243 |
Other Number(s) | CODEN: AAJRD |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol. ; Vol/Issue: 139:2 |
Subject | 550602 -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Diagnostics-- (1980-); ;DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES-- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS;PANCREAS-- COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS;DISEASES;MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS;PATIENTS;SYMPTOMS |
Related Subject | BODY;DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;ENDOCRINE GLANDS;GLANDS;ORGANS;TOMOGRAPHY |
Description/Abstract | In a prospective study of 91 patients with acute pancreatitis, computed tomographic (CT) findings were correlated with the clinical type of acute pancreatitis.^ In acute edematous pancreatitis (63 patients; 16 with repeat CT), CT was normal (28%) or showed inflammation limited to the pancreas (61%).^ Phlegmonous changes were present in 11%, including one patient with focal pancreatic hemorrhage, indicating that clinically unsuspected hemorrhagic pancreatitis can occur.^ In acute necrotizing (hemorrhagic, suppurative) pancreatitis (nine patients; eight with repeat CT), no patient had a normal CT scan and 89% had phlegmonous changes.^ One patient had hemorrhagic pancreatitis and three had abscesses.^ In acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis (10 patients; three with repeat CT), there were pancreatic calcifications (70%), a focal mass (40%), and pancreatic ductal dilation (30%).^ On follow-up CT, the findings of acute pancreatitis did not always disappear with resolution of the clinical symptons.^ This was especialy true of phlegmonous pancreatitis, where the CT findings could persist for months. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 263-269 |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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