Two-tone pancreas on T1-weighted images: Correlation with abnormalities on magnetic resonance pancreatography

Authors: Matar, Luke D; Frazer, Christopher

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 45, Number 1, February 2001 , pp. 58-61(4)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

SUMMARY

Two patients are presented in whom geographical alteration in signal between areas of normal and abnormal pancreatic tissue on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images of the pancreas was observed. This alteration in signal intensity produced a `two-tone' pattern; magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in both patients revealed altered pancreatic duct drainage. It is believed that the `two-tone' pancreas effect on T1-weighted images of the abdomen, may indicate aberrant duct drainage and that MRCP is an ideal means of further evaluation.

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; pancreas; pancreatic ducts; pancreatitis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.00876.x

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