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Prognostic Value of CT in the Early Assessment of Patients with Acute Pancreatitis

¹ All authors: Department of Radiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera de Canyet s/n, Badalona E-08916, Spain.

View larger version (114K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1A. —56-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. Early unenhanced contiguous axial CT scans show normal pancreas with haziness and increased attenuation in peripancreatic fat, denoting CT grade C.

View larger version (116K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1B. —56-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. Early unenhanced contiguous axial CT scans show normal pancreas with haziness and increased attenuation in peripancreatic fat, denoting CT grade C.

View larger version (128K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2A. —53-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. Early unenhanced axial CT scan shows enlargement of pancreatic body and fluid collections in anterior and posterior left pararenal spaces (arrows), denoting CT grade E.

View larger version (127K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1C. —56-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. After IV contrast material administration, CT scans obtained at same levels as A and B show homogeneous enhancement of pancreas, denoting no necrosis.

View larger version (130K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1D. —56-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. After IV contrast material administration, CT scans obtained at same levels as A and B show homogeneous enhancement of pancreas, denoting no necrosis.

View larger version (128K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2B. —53-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. CT scan after administration of IV contrast material shows normally enhancing proximal body of pancreas but no enhancement of remaining pancreatic body and tail (> 50% necrosis).

View larger version (120K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2C. —53-year-old man with acute alcoholic pancreatitis. Follow-up contrast-enhanced CT scan 12 days later shows large fluid collection with air–fluid level (arrows) anterior to partially necrotic pancreatic body and tail. Abscess caused by Escherichia coli was surgically drained. Asterisk indicates stomach.

View larger version (111K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3A. —47-year-old woman with ERCP-induced acute pancreatitis. Early unenhanced axial CT scan shows slightly enlarged pancreatic head and body with poorly defined contours. On more caudal scans (not shown), fluid collections were observed in anterior right and left pararenal spaces, indicating CT grade E.

View larger version (117K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3B. —47-year-old woman with ERCP-induced acute pancreatitis. After administration of contrast material, CT scan shows lack of enhancement of pancreatic head and body (> 50% necrosis) and normal enhancement of pancreatic tail.

View larger version (104K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3C. —47-year-old woman with ERCP-induced acute pancreatitis. Follow-up contrast-enhanced CT scan 6 weeks later shows development of encapsulated pancreatic pseudocyst in head and body of pancreas. Surgical drainage was performed.

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