Groove pancreatitis: a clinical and imaging overview.

Groove or paraduodenal pancreatitis is an uncommon fibroinflammatory form of pancreatitis involving the anatomic space of the pancreatic groove located between the C-loop of the duodenum and the head of the pancreas. Although in some patients there are distinctive clinical and imaging features of gr...

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Publicado en:Abdominal Radiology Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 1439 - 1447
Autores principales: Patel, Bhavik N., Brooke Jeffrey, R., Olcott, Eric W., Zaheer, Atif
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature May2020
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
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Sumario:Groove or paraduodenal pancreatitis is an uncommon fibroinflammatory form of pancreatitis involving the anatomic space of the pancreatic groove located between the C-loop of the duodenum and the head of the pancreas. Although in some patients there are distinctive clinical and imaging features of groove pancreatitis (GP), there is often significant overlap with other infiltrative processes involving the pancreatic groove such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma or duodenal carcinoma. In this review, we summarize the most distinctive clinical and imaging aspects of GP and highlight some important distinguishing features that may aid in differentiating malignant lesions involving the pancreatic groove.