| Pseudotumoral chronic pancreatitis |
Feb 23, 2009 |
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| A 47-year-old man presented with upper abdominal pain and severe weight loss. EUS showed an inhomogenous, pseudotumoral pancreatic head mass, with discrete power Doppler signals inside. EUS-guided FNA showed only benign canalicular cells. Long-term follow-up of more than 12 months confirmed the benign nature and absence of malignancy. |
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| Pseudotumoral chronic pancreatitis |
Feb 23, 2009 |
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| A 5o-years-old patient, with a long history of alcohol consumption, presented in the Emergency Unit for intractable pain and vomiting. EUS revealed a hypoechoic, inhomogeneous pancreatic head mass, with a diameter of ~ 3 cm. EUS-FNA with cytological exam revealed only inflammatory cells. Rich peripancreatic vascularisation was revealed in power Doppler after contrast injection with Sonovue. |
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| Pseudotumoral alcoholic chronic pancreatitis |
Feb 5, 2005 |
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| Young patient with enlarged (50/45 mm) pancreatic head, compressing the antral region, visualized during CT. EUS with power Doppler showed intense vascularization of the pseudotumor, while EUS-FNA with cytological analysis was negative for atypical cells. |
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| Chronic pseudocyst mimicking tumor |
Feb 5, 2005 |
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| Patient with a pseudotumoral mass at the level of the pancreatic head, compressing the duodenal bulb. EUS showed a cystic structure with thick wall and intense vascularization depicted on power Doppler EUS. EUS-FNA was negative for atypical cells and the case was interpreted as a pseudocyst in the context of chronic pancreatitis. |
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