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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


 

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