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Abstract #3655

Diagnostic Challenge: Paraduodenal Pancreatitis: MR Imaging Characteristics, Differential Diagnosis and Histopathological Correlation

Pardeep Mittal 1 , William Small 1 , Juan C Camacho 1 , Kiran K Maddu 1 , Volkan Adsay 2 , Burcu Saka 2 , Courtney C Moreno 1 , and Bobby Kalb 3

1 Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory Uni School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 2 Pathology, Emory Uni School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 3 Diagnostic Radiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Paraduodenal pancreatitis is rare form chronic pancreatitis and its appearance may resemble pancreatic adenocarcinoma as both entities can lead to dilatation of biliary and pancreatic ducts .Distinction between these two entities remain challenging .Contrast enhanced MRI may help accurately identify paraduodenal pancreatitis from entities having similar features such as adenocarcinoma and aid in therapeutic decisions.

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