53 Pancreatic Calcification

CLINICAL IMAGAGINGAN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS

EISENBERG

DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL

• Fig GI 53-1 Chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. Fig GI 53-2

• Pancreatic pseudocyst. A rim of calcification outlines the wall of the pseudocyst.

• Fig GI 53-3 Pancreatic insulinoma. Sunburst pattern of calcification.68

• Fig GI 53-4 Cavernous lymphangioma.

Fig GI 53-5 Hereditary pancreatitis. The calcifications are rounder and larger than those usually found in other pancreatic diseases.69

• Fig GI 53-6 Cystic fibrosis. Finely granular calcification (arrows) primarily found in the head of the pancreas.38