Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and clinical features of different parts of the pancreas involved in acute pancreatitis: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) have different sites of pancreatic involvement. The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and clinical features of different sites of involvement (subtypes) in AP, with a view to complement and complete the classification of AP based on anatomical imaging features.

Methods

We consecutively collected data from inpatients with AP from January 2018 to October 2022 at a tertiary care hospital. The patients with AP were classified into three subtypes by MRI: type I mainly involved the head of the pancreas; type II mainly involved the body and tail of the pancreas; and type III involved the entire pancreas (head, body, and tail simultaneously). We examined the MRI findings

SUBMITTER: Jiang DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11651986 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature