Pancreatic carcinoma coexisting with chronic pancreatitis versus tumor-forming pancreatitis: Diagnostic utility of the time-signal intensity curve from dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging

Table 3 Clinicopathological characteristics and pancreatic TIC profiles in patients with focal pancreatic mass due to islet cell tumor

			Locationof focalmass		Underlyingchronicpancreatitis		Type of pancreatic TIC of			Histopathology of
Case				Preoperative		Operative	proximal	focal	distal	proximal	focal	distal
No.	Age	Sex		diagnosis		procedure	pancreas	mass	pancreas	pancreas	mass	pancreas
1	63	M	Ph	Insulinoma	No	PPPD	I	I	I	Normal	Insulinoma	Normal
2	68	M	Pb	Insulinoma	No	MP	I	I	I	Normal	Insulinoma	Normal
3	82	M	Pb	Islet cell tumor	No	DP	I	I	I	Normal	Glucagonoma	Normal
4	47	F	Pb	Islet cell tumor	No	DP	I	I	I	Normal	Glucagonoma	Normal
5	70	M	Ph	Islet cell tumor	No	DPPHR	I	I	I	Normal	NFICT	Normal
6	46	F	Pb	Islet cell tumor	No	DP	I	I	I	Normal	NFICT	Normal
7	69	F	Pb	Islet cell tumor	No	DP	I	I	I	Normal	NFICT	Normal

TIC: time-signal intensity curve; Ph: pancreatic head, Pb: pancreatic body; PPPD: pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy; DPPHR: duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection; MP: middle pancreatectomy; DP: distal pancreatectomy; NFICT: non-functioning islet cell tumor.