Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer: A case of the chicken or the egg

Figure 1 Abdominal computed tomography imaging of acute pancreatitis. Inflammation is present around the head of the pancreas.

Figure 2 Abdominal computed tomography imaging of acute pancreatitis. In the pancreatic tail, a dilatation of the pancreatic duct can be observed.

Figure 3 Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. A: Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas; B: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. A hypo-intense lesion (A, arrow) is causing a pancreatic duct stenosis with upstream dilatation of the pancreatic duct (B, arrow).

Figure 4 Endoscopic ultrasonography of the pancreas. A hypo-echoic lesion measuring 18.2 mm is present. Biopsy of this lesion revealed a pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.