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.
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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*