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Case 86: Acute Pancreatitis || Ultrasound

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Clinical Features:

A middle aged male patient came with

- Severe upper abdominal pain

- Vomiting


Ultrasound Features:

Irregular heterogeneous broad pancreas with small peripancreatic collection & surrounding fat stranding.


Remember:

In case of acute pancreatitis, search for pseudocyst at the epigastric region & calculus in the gallbladder.


Ultrasound Diagnosis:

Acute pancreatitis


Ultrasound Images:







Irregular heterogeneous broad pancreas with small peripancreatic collection & surrounding fat stranding.


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Case 60: Acute Pancreatitis || Ultrasound

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Clinical Features:

A middle-aged female patient came with epigastric severe pain & vomiting.


Ultrasound Features:

- Pancreas is swollen & heterogeneously hypoechoic.

- Mild peripancreatic collection is noted.


Ultrasound Diagnosis:

Acute pancreatitis.


Remember:

Echogenicity of a normal pancreas is greater than normal liver, spleen & renal parenchyma.


Ultrasound Images:




Fig: Swollen hypoechoic pancreas with peripancreatic collection due to acute pancreatitis