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MR imaging of pancreas in cystic fibrosis
S Murayama1, A E Robinson, D M Mulvihill
1Department of Radiology, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The pancreatic regions of 18 patients with cystic fibrosis were analyzed with a 1.5 Tesla MR unit. Signal intensity of the pancreas was correlated with clinical data and ultrasound. A hyperintense pancreas on T1-weighted image was consistent with fatty replacement of pancreatic insufficiency. A pancreas of normal soft tissue intensity was found in two asymptomatic and one symptomatic patient. A very hypointense pancreas on any pulse sequence was considered to be an intermediate stage of pancreatic degeneration.