title: Comparative detection of pancreatic body--tail enlargement using the supine translateral and axial pancreatic views: a prospective statistical study.
abstract: A prospective statistical study of 429 patients was undertaken to determine if the axial pancreatic view would improve detection of pancreatic body-tail enlargement. This view is produced by directing a roentgen-ray beam along the axis of the pancreatic body-tail cylinder. On this view and on the supine translateral view, a pancreatic body-tail space can be identified as a subdivision of the retrogastric space. When the pancreatic body-tail enlarges, this space selectively enlarges. The percentage change of this space is particularly impressive on the axial pancreatic view, where 10 of 12 pancreatic body-tail neoplasms were detected with only a 1.8 per cent false positive rate.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic