Displacement of the abdominal aorta by a pseudocyst of the pancreas.
Cystic lesions are generally thought not to displace the abdominal aorta. A case involving a large cystic mass near the pancreas which was proven to be a pancreatic pseudocyst is presented, with a dynamic nuclear angiogram and a CT scan of the abdomen showing displacement of the aorta.
D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed