Peripancreatic fat necrosis mimicking pancreatic cancer

Eur Radiol. 2001;11(6):922-5. doi: 10.1007/s003300000667.

Abstract

A case of peripancreatic fat necrosis, after an episode of acute pancreatitis, which mimicked pancreatic cancer with lymph node metastases, is presented. We describe the imaging findings with helical CT scanning and with unenhanced and mangafodipir-enhanced MR imaging, with special emphasis on the differential diagnoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fat Necrosis / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas / pathology
  • Pancreatic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*