Pancreatitis-imaging approach

Figure 9 Acute interstitial edematous pancreatitis and acute peripancreatic fluid collections. A-B: Axial CT scan during the portal venous phase. The pancreas is mildly thickened and demonstrates mildly heterogenous enhancement, reflective of edema, in keeping with acute interstitial edematous pancreatitis. There is a peripancreatic fluid with imperceptible wall in keeping with acute peripancreatic fluid collections.