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14 sie 2023 · A dilated pancreatic duct can be diagnosed on imaging tests like ultrasound, CT and MRI. The function of the pancreatic duct is to carry digestive enzymes from the pancreas to the intestine. A dilated pancreatic duct may indicate serious abnormalities like pancreatitis or tumor.
MRCP depicts a spectrum of pancreatic duct abnormalities and may reveal abnormalities or portions of the pancreatic duct not visualized on ERCP. Several entities result in dilatation of the main pancreatic duct, and overlap exists between some inflammatory and neoplastic conditions.
11 mar 2017 · A patient with a dilated pancreatic duct may present with abdominal pain, acute or chronic pancreatitis, exocrine insufficiency, or a pancreatic duct leak, or may be completely asymptomatic.
A 72-year-old female. Acute pancreatitis. Imaging showed a prominent pancreatic duct on the left pancreas. Endosonography diagnosed a small infiltrative process on the left-sided pancreas. The upstream pancreatic duct was up to 4 mm wide.
11 lis 2024 · The main pancreatic duct (MPD) (also known as the duct of Wirsung 13,14) runs through the center of the gland from left to right (i.e. toward the duodenum). It drains most of the pancreas, the uncinate process and caudal aspect of the head.
1 paź 2002 · Concerning the mechanism of main pancreatic duct dilatation in pancreatic cancer, mechanical compression by the tumor or cancer cell invasion may cause segmental obstruction and upperstream dilatation in the main pancreatic duct.
1 sty 2019 · A, Endoscopic ultrasonography image showing pancreatic duct stones (arrowheads) in a 54-year-old woman with chronic pancreatitis and increased pain. B, ERCP demonstrates a dilated pancreatic duct with multiple filling defects consistent with stones and a stricture in the head of the pancreas.
