MRI features of pancreatic colloid carcinoma.

Yoon, Min A; Lee, Jeong Min; Kim, Se Hyung; Lee, Jae Young; Han, Joon Koo; Choi, Byung Ihn; Choi, Jin-Young; Park, Seong Ho et al. · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2009

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to retrospectively investigate the MRI findings (diameter, location, contour and margin, signal intensity characteristics, and enhancement patterns) in a series of eight patients with pathologically proven colloid carcinoma of the pancreas. Colloid carcinomas of the pancreas appear as masses with lobulating contours, indiscrete margins, and hyperintensity on T2-weighted images (n = 8). In addition, all patients who underwent dynamic studies (n = 4) showed peripheral and internal sponge-like or mesh-like progressive delayed contrast enhancement.

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