Open AccessPancreatic pseudocysts: unusual ultrasound features
Author(s) -
Melvyn R. Conrad,
Michael Landay,
Mona El Khoury
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.130.2.265
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatic pseudocyst , radiology , ultrasound , pancreatic disease , pancreas , ultrasonography , pathology
Three unusual cases of pancreatic pseudocyst are described in which primary renal or splenic pathology was simulated on ultrasound imaging. When an abnormal fluid collection is imaged in a patient with a history of alcoholism, a pancreatic pseudocyst should be considered and an amylase determination should be obtained on any aspirated fluid.
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