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Pancreas is retroperitoneal except ?

Tail is intra peritoneal

Mention 2 findings?


Diagnosis?


How it will appear in MRI ?

Fatty replacement of the pancreas


Cirrhotic liver



Cystic fibrosis



Low t1 and t2 if fibrosis


High t1 if fatty replacement

Why the pancreas get fibrosis and fatty replacement in cystic fibrosis patients?

Thick secretions >> obstruction >> recurrent pancreatitis

Finding? Buzzword?


Diagnosis?

Fatty enlargement of the pancreas


Pseudo hypertrophy of the pancreas



Pancreatic lipomatosis


Known case of CF, finding?


Diagnosis?


Pathophysiology?

Short segment with wall thickening and stricture of the ascending colon



Fibrosing colonopathy



Enzyme replacement therapy

The second most common cause of pancreatic insufficiency in kids?


The most common is?

Shwachman-diamond syndrome



CF

Shwachman diamond syndrome,


Signs and symptoms? 4

Diarrhoea


Eczema


Short stature ( metaphyseal chondroplasia)


Lipomatous pseudohypertrophy of the pancreas

Causes of pancreatic Lipomatosis? 5


CF


Shwachman-diamond syndrome


Cushing syndrome


Steroid use


Hyperlipidemia

Pancreatic agenesis vs pancreatic Lipomatosis?

Agenesis no duct


Lipomatosis with duct

Finding


Diagnosis


Associated features ?2

Absence of the tail of pancreas



Pancreatic tail agenesis



Diabetes as all beta cells are in tail of Pancreas


Polysplenia

Findings?


Diagnosis?


Complications in childhood and adulthood?

demonstrates the second part of the duodenum encircling by pancreatic tissue



Annular pancreas



Children >> obstruct


Adult>> recurrent pancreatitis


Findings? 3


Next step?

Laceration of the body of the pancreas with ductal injury


Pneumoperitonium



MRCP if patient is stable

List causes of acute pancreatitis? 10

Gallstones


Alcohol


Scorpion bite


ERCP


Valproic acid


Viral infections


Hyperlipidemia, hypercalcemia


Trauma


Pancreatic divisum


Pancreatic CA


What radiological score used for grading pancreatitis?

Balthazar score



Necrosis >>>bad


No necrosis OK


Infected necrosis mortality 50-70%

Finding?


Mortality rate ?

Pancreatic collection ( necrosis with air foci) indicating infected necrosis of the pancreas.



50-70%

Fo studying 📖

Findings 3?


Cause?


Other complication?

Large splenic vein filling defects indicate thrombosis with infarcted spleen.


Peripancreatic fluid suggestive of pancreatitis



Splenic vein thrombosis due to pancreatitis



Portal vein thrombosis

Patient had 4 weeks ago severe abdominal pain radiating to the back


Finding?


Cause?


Pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery


It can be seen in splenic artery too.



Acute pancreatitis

Ultrasound features of acute pancreatitis?

Hypertrophy


Hypoechoic compared to the liver

Finding?


Diagnosis?


It is a risk for ?

The MPD drains into the minor duodenal papilla, while the common bile duct and the ventral pancreatic duct both drain into the major papilla



Pancreatic divisum



Pancreatitis

Other names for major and minor ducts of the pancreas?


Their opening?

Major Wirsung >> inferior, big


Minor Santorini>> superior, small

The cause #1 and #2 for chronic pancreatitis?

1 alcohol


2 gallstones

Features of early chronic pancreatitis 3 and late chronic pancreatitis 3?

Early:


Loss of T1 bright signal


Delayed enhancement


Dilated side branches



Late:


Small atrophy


Pseudocyst formation


***Dilatation and beaded appearance of the pancreatic duct with calcification

How to differentiate BTW pancreatic duct dilatation in chronic pancreatitis and malignant dilatation? 2

CP >> irregular, <50% of AP diameter of the pancreas



Malignant >> uniform dilatation, > 50% of the AP diameter ( obstructive atrophy)

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Association?


Treatment?

Diffuse enlargement of the pancreas with loss of lobulations ( sausage shaped pancreas)


*** delayed rim enhancement ( scar)


No ductal dilatation, no calcification



Autoimmune pancreatitis



IgG4 disease



Steroids

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Complication? 2

Soft tissue lesion is seen in the pancreatic duodenal groove with dilated CBD and not shown pancreatic duct. It may or may not enhance.



Groove pancreatitis



Duodenal stenosis, strictures of CBD

Findings?


Diagnosis?


Age group affected?


Risk of ?

Dilated pancreatic duct with large calcifications



Tropic pancreatitis



Young age group with malnutrition



Adenocarcinoma

Another ddx for tropic pancreatitis ?


Asscociated gene?


Risk of ?


Hereditary pancreatitis


Young age at onset



SPINK-1 gene



Adenocarcinoma

Finding


Diagnosis

Dilated pancreatic duct with worm like structure within it



Ascaris induced pancreatitis

Associated IgG4 disease ? 6

Retroperitoneal fibrosis


Autoimmune pancreatitis


Fibrosing mediastinitis


Inflammatory pseudotumors


Riedel's thyroiditis


Sclerosing cholangitis

What are the associated syndromes that have simple pancreatic cysts? 3

VHL


Polycystic kidney disease


CF

Findings? 4


Diagnosis?


Age group ?


Another subtype ?

Multilcystic lesion at the head of pancreas with central scar. It shows no communication with the pancreatic duct and no calcifications. Like a sponge 🧽.



Serous cystadenoma



Grandma 👵 elderly females



Macrocystic serous cystadenoma


Findings?


Diagnosis?


Age group?


Risk ?

Unilocular cyst at the tail of pancreas With peripheral calcifications. Not communicating with main pancreatic duct.



Mucinous cystadenoma



50s mother



Premalignat


When multilocular each cyst will be more than 2 cm each.

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Age group and ethnicity?


well-encapsulated lesion with varying solid and cystic components owing to haemorrhagic degeneration. Following IV contrast administration, enhancing solid areas are typically noted peripherally, whereas cystic spaces are usually more centrally located. Calcifications and enhancing solid areas may be present at the periphery of the mass.




Solid pseudopapillary tumor




Young age daughter 30s



Asian and African



Like hemangioma with progressive fill in of the solid portion

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Risk

Diffuse dilatation of the main pancreatic duct with atrophy of the pancreas and sometimes dystrophic calcifications.



Main branch IPMN


High risk for malignancy

Finding?


Diagnosis


Worrisome sign?

Small cystic lesion at the head of pancreas that communicate with the main pancreatic duct.



Side branch IPMN


If more than 3 cm


Features concerning for malignancy in IPMN? 4

Dilated duct >1 cm


Diffuse multifocal involvement


Enhancing nodules


Solid hypovascular mass

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Symptoms ? Associated sign?


Age group?


Risk factor?


Optimal timing for pancreatic imaging?

Axial pancreatic phase CT image shows lower attenuating mass (arrow) compared with the pancreas parenchyma (arrowhead) in the pancreatic head, which encases the first jejunal branch of the superior mesenteric artery (open arrow). (B) Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) image shows dilatation of the bile and pancreatic ducts, the so-called double duct sign (open arrowheads). Note the abrupt narrowing of both bile and pancreatic ducts.


( hypoenhancing lesion)


Adenocarcinoma of pancreatic head



Enlarged gall bladder with painless jaundice ** Trousseou' syndrome migratory thrombophlebitis



70-80s, smoking


40 seconds


What makes pancreatic adenocarcinoma inoperable??

Encases SMA or celiac trunk



Encasing GDA is OK as it will be taken by whipple

Adenocarcinoma of pancreas


Tumor marker ?


Hereditary syndrome with pancreatic Ca? 4


CA 19-9


BRCA


Ataxic telengiectasia


HNPCC


Peutz-Jeghers

Sign ?


Diagnosis?

Inverted 3 sign


Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Sign ?


Diagnosis?

Wide duodenal sweep


Adenocarcinoma of pancreas

Ampullary carcinoma is seen more in --------- syndrome

Gardner's syndrome

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Subtypes? 2


Associated syndromes? 2


Most common type ? Second most common type?

Hypervascular lesion at the body of pancreas



Islet cell tumor ( neuroendocrine tumor)



Functional and non functional



MEN1 and VHL



Insulinoma 90% benign


Gastrinoma 30-60% malignant


Insulinoma features? 3


Insulinoma features? 3

Small < 2 cm


Solitary


Benign 90%

Gastrinoma is most common neuroendocrine tumor in --------- syndrome


Risk of malignancy -----


They can result in ---------- syndrome


MEN1


30-60%


Zollinger Ellison syndrome

The buzzword for Zollinger Ellison syndrome?

Jejunal ulcers

Where gastrinoma can be found ?


What are the borders?

Gastrinoma triangle 🔺️



Non functional islet cell tumors are --------


When I say non functional you say?

80% malignant



Large with calcification

Finding?


Diagnosis?


Risk factor?


Signal in T1, T2, DWI


Arterial phase in CT



Nuclear radiotracer? 2

Soft tissue lesion within the pancreatic tail following the signal of the spleen



Intrapancreatic spleen



Trauma



Dark T1, bright T2, and restrict in DWI



Tiger 🐅 striped appearance in Arterial phase



Heat trated RBC and sulfur colloid

Complications of whipple surgery? 2

Delayed gastric emptying


Pancreatic fistula ( amylase more than 50 ml for longer than 8-10 days)