Two-tone pancreas on T1-weighted images: correlation with abnormalities on magnetic resonance pancreatography.
Two patients are presented in whom geographical alteration in signal between areas of normal and abnormal pancreatic tissue on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images of the pancreas was observed. This alteration in signal intensity produced a 'two-tone' pattern; magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in both patients revealed altered pancreatic duct drainage. It is believed that the 'two-tone' pancreas effect on T1-weighted images of the abdomen, may indicate aberrant duct drainage and that MRCP is an ideal means of further evaluation.
Department of Radiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
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D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*