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So here we see dilated duct in this patient

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with some side branches, and as we follow

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this duct, it becomes more prominent in the

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pancreatic body and the pancreatic head.

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And in this particular location, if we

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measure this duct, it is one centimeter.

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So that falls in the category that suspicion

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of cancer in this case is very, very high.

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One centimeter or more pancreatic

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duct is always very worrisome.

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And then what we see here, if we follow

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this duct further in the pancreatic

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head, it is even more prominent, though

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it drains normally in the major papilla.

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But in addition to that, what we see, there are

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few more cystic lesions in the pancreatic head.

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Those are multilocular, which have citation,

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and those are situated anterior to this duct.

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So here, overall, the picture is not very rosy.

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As we go to the corona and pay attention

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to these ducts, again, we have some

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more lesions in the pancreatic tail.

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Those are looking multilocular and multi-lobulated.

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But as we follow these ducts forward

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in the pancreatic head and the body

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The duct even here is even more prominent,

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so obviously more than one centimeter here.

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And as we reach to the pancreatic head here

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or the periampullary region, we see the

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CBD which is also prominent and dilated.

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And again, the gallbladder here is missing.

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So this dilated duct, CBD can be just because of

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missing gallbladder, but what about this duct?

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This is obviously abnormal.

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And then we are seeing cystic

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lesion in the pancreatic head.

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So seeing multiloculated lesion in the

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pancreatic head with possible Dilated CBD

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and this one centimeter or more CBD, uh,

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pancreatic duct is very, very worrisome.

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And that is going to be a case of

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main duct IPMN, let's see how it

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looks on the post-contrast images.

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Do we see any enhancement within the duct?

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Possibly not, but the caliber

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itself is highly worrisome.

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And those lesions which we have seen

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anteriorly are also showing some

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enhancing thick septations inside.

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And if we measure that particular

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lesion, that is almost 2.7 centimeters.

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53 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:17,330 So, that falls in the category where we, we

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are almost in the range of 3 cm or closer,

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and we have thick internal enhancing septations.

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So, both of these lesions are suspicious,

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and they should be referred to surgery now.

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So, here we can see on post-contrast images,

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the lesion which is situated anteriorly along

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with the pancreatic head is multiloculated

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and demonstrates thick enhancing septation.

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So, this is most likely a side branch IPMN,

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which is situated along with

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the main branch, branch IPMN.

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So, this will be called a mixed type

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of IPMN together, main and side branch.

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So, in addition to that, we have

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some incidental findings here.

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For example, in the apicycstic region,

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we are seeing a fat-containing and

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ball-containing hernia, and there are

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some incidental cysts in the liver here.

Report

Faculty

Neeraj Lalwani, MD, FSAR, DABR

Associate Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University Health and School of Medicine

Tags

Pancreas

Non-infectious Inflammatory

Neoplastic

MRI

Body

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