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Fig. 17 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 17

From: Imaging assessment after pancreaticoduodenectomy: reconstruction techniques—normal findings and complications

Fig. 17

Pancreatic fistula vs. Abscess. Two different patients. Axial portal venous phase CT scans: (a) 73-year-old male patient with abdominal pain 25 days after pancreaticoduodenectomy due to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. (b) 45-year-old male patient with fever 21 days after pancreaticoduodenectomy due to ampulloma. Both present an homogeneous fluid collection near the PJ (big arrow). In patient B impresses to exist a thin wall during portal phase (dotted arrow). Both of them were percutaneous drainage with elevated amylase concentration in A and purulent fluid in B.

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