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Pancreatic clefts caused by penetrating vessels: a potential diagnostic pitfall for pancreatic fracture on CT |
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| Authors: | J C Brandon S D Izenberg P A Fields C Evankovich G Wilson S K Teplick |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Radiology, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim Street, Mastin Bldg., Room 315, Mobile, AL 36617–2293, USA e-mail: jbrandon@usamail.usouthal.edu, US;(2) Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim Street, Mobile, AL 36617–2293, USA, US;(3) Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, University of South Alabama, 2451 Fillingim Street, Mobile, AL 36617–2293, USA, US |
| Abstract: | The diagnosis of pancreatic fracture using computerized tomography (CT) is made by identifying a linear defect in the pancreas, often with a variable amount of peripancreatic fluid. However, the fat surrounding arterial and venous vessels which penetrate the pancreas can give a very similar CT appearance – a previously unreported finding. This report describes the CT appearance of such defects as well as the macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the vessels penetrating the pancreas in a cadaver having this CT finding. |
| Keywords: | Pancreas – Trauma – CT |
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