Importance of MDCT in Evaluation of Pancreatitis
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 4
Abstract
Background and Objectives: MDCT is the modality of choice and can be employed for evaluation of both inflammatory and neoplastic conditions of the pancreas. MDCT provides high quality visualization of the parenchymal abnormalities and clearly displays the extrapancreatic spread of disease in inflammatory conditions . MDCT is the modality of choice to correctly image chronic pancreatitis due to better display and viewing of calcifications in more details. To demonstrate usefulness of Toshiba lightning aquilion 16 slice multi detector computerized tomography (MDCT) scan in acute and chronic pancreatitis. Material And Methods: The study had been carried out in the Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMS , Rohtak for a period of 3 months from December 2018 to February 2019. 50 patients were taken into consideration after taking a brief note of properly informed written consent and complete history, thorough clinical examination was done and these patients were subjected to CT scan. Results: Biliary duct obstruction, Gall stones and alcohol consumption were found to be the most common causative etiological factors in adults. However ,blunt abdominal trauma was a particular cause in pediatric patients. Conclusion: MDCT has a unique and pioneering role in visualization , detection and firmly establishing calcification, ductal dilatation as well as atrophy of gland especially in chronic pancreatitis. It is considered as the imaging modality of choice in acute pancreatitis which can be further graded as CTSI or MCTSI score which have been found to be equivalent for determining patient’s critical condition.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Parveen Chandna, Dr Rohtas K Yadav
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