title: Congenital anomalies and normal variants of the pancreaticobiliary tract and the pancreas in adults: part 2, Pancreatic duct and pancreas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to highlight the imaging features of congenital anomalies and normal variants of the pancreatic duct and the pancreas using contemporary imaging techniques such as MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), MRI, and helical CT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Congenital anomalies and normal variants of the pancreatic duct and the pancreas may be clinically significant and may create a diagnostic challenge. Recognition of the updated imaging features of these entities is important in clinical management and for avoiding misdiagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, VCU Health Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1250 E Marshall St., Richmond, VA 23298-0615, USA. jiyu@hsc.vcu.edu
authors.forename: Jinxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Ann S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Fulcher
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Halvorsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed