The "shrunken" pancreas: a morphological variant of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis.
Six patients with idiopathic chronic pancreatitis are described in whom a pancreatogram showed an unusual morphology, being irregularly narrowed throughout. This "shrunken" appearance differs from the classic irregular dilatation usually seen in chronic pancreatitis. Two of the patients had inflammatory bowel disease, none had a history of alcoholism and only one had gallstones.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*