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Sonographic Findings in Groove Pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Wronski Marek,
Karkocha Dominika,
Slodkowski Maciej,
Cebulski Wlodzimierz,
Krasnodebski Ireneusz W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2011.30.1.111
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenum , exploratory laparotomy , pancreatitis , pancreatic head , laparotomy , radiology , malignancy , pancreatic disease , pancreas , surgery , pathology
Groove pancreatitis is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis involving the anatomic plane between the pancreatic head and duodenum. The radiographic diagnosis remains challenging, and most patients undergo exploratory laparotomy on suspicion of a periampullary malignancy. The appearance of groove pancreatitis on transabdominal and intraoperative sonography has rarely been reported in the literature. The sonographic findings in our 2 patients included a hypoechoic thin area between the pancreatic head and duodenum, a hyperechoic and thickened wall of the adjacent duodenum, and a heterogeneous or hyperechoic dorsocranial part of the pancreatic head.