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

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18