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acute pancreatitis
Findings:
CXR
- elevated hemidiaphragm
- atelectasis / consolidation
- pulmonary edema (direct toxic effect? cardiosuppression?)
- pleural effusion (more common on LEFT)
UGI
- sentinel loops
- colon cut-off sign
- antral pad
- duodenum: widened loop, thickened folds
- inverted "3" (Frostberg sign)
CT
- normal in ~1/3
- hypodensity
- enlargement
- standing of mesenteric fat and thickening of anterior perirenal fascia
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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