Pancreatitis-imaging approach

Figure 5 Subtle focal acute edematous pancreatic tail pancreatitis. A: Axial T2 weighted-image with fat-suppression; B and C: Axial post-contrast 3D-GRE T1- weighted images with fat-suppression during the late arterial and portal venous phases. There is a very subtle area of increased T2 signal seen around the pancreatic tail (arrow, A), with fairly normal enhancement of the pancreas on the post-contrast images (B and C) in keeping with subtle focal acute edematous pancreatic tail pancreatitis.