Pancreatitis-imaging approach

Figure 8 Focal acute necrotizing pancreatitis. A: Axial fast spin-echo T2- weighted image with fat-suppression; B: Axial post-contrast 3D-GRE T1- weighted images with fat-suppression during the venous phase. There is a focal area of low T2 signal involving the proximal part of the pancreatic tail, associated with minimal peripancreatic fat stranding (A). This focal area demonstrates significantly reduced enhancement on the post-contrast images, in keeping with focal necrotizing pancreatitis.