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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Contrast enhanced [[CT scan]] may be helpful in ruling out other diseases with similar presentation such as [[malignancy]] and [[Pseudocyst|pseudocysts]]. [[CT scan]] findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis may include dilatation of the main [[pancreatic duct]], [[Calcification|calcifications]], pancreatic gland enlargement, changes in pancreatic size, shape, and contour, and [[Pancreatic pseudocyst|pancreatic pseudocysts]]. The sensitivity of CT scan is 75 to 90 percent and specificity is 85 percent. | |||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
* Contrast enhanced CT scan may be helpful in ruling out other diseases with similar presentation such as malignancy and | * Contrast enhanced CT scan may be helpful in ruling out other diseases with similar presentation such as malignancy and pseudocysts. | ||
* | *CT scan findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis may include: | ||
**Dilatation of the main pancreatic duct | **Dilatation of the main pancreatic duct | ||
**Calcifications | **Calcifications | ||
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[[Image:CalcifiedPanDucStoneandSomefluid.png|500 px|thumb|center|By James Heilman, MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:CalcifiedPanDucStoneandSomefluid.png|500 px|thumb|center|By James Heilman, MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
[[Image:Chronische Pankreatitis mit Verkalkungen - CT axial.jpg|500 px|thumb|center|By Hellerhoff - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20028787]] | [[Image:Chronische Pankreatitis mit Verkalkungen - CT axial.jpg|500 px|thumb|center|By Hellerhoff - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20028787]] | ||
[[Image:Eingeblutete Pankreaspseudozyste - CTpv axial 001.JPG|500 px|thumb|center|By Hellerhoff (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]] | |||
[[Image:Eingeblutete Pankreaspseudozyste - CTpv cor1 001.JPG|500 px|thumb|center|By Hellerhoff (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]] | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Chronic pancreatitis Microchapters |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Chronic pancreatitis CT |
Risk calculators and risk factors for Chronic pancreatitis CT |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Iqra Qamar M.D.[2]
Overview
Contrast enhanced CT scan may be helpful in ruling out other diseases with similar presentation such as malignancy and pseudocysts. CT scan findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis may include dilatation of the main pancreatic duct, calcifications, pancreatic gland enlargement, changes in pancreatic size, shape, and contour, and pancreatic pseudocysts. The sensitivity of CT scan is 75 to 90 percent and specificity is 85 percent.
CT
- Contrast enhanced CT scan may be helpful in ruling out other diseases with similar presentation such as malignancy and pseudocysts.
- CT scan findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis may include:
- Dilatation of the main pancreatic duct
- Calcifications
- Pancreatic gland enlargement
- Changes in pancreatic size, shape, and contour
- Pancreatic pseudocysts
- The sensitivity and specificity of CT scan are as follows: