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Fig. 9 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 9

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

Fig. 9

Collapsed loop versus Tumor recurrence. CT challenge. 58-year-old male patient with history of pancreaticoduodenectomy due to periampullary tumor. Control CT scans. (a) Heterogeneous, ill-defined image near pancreaticojejunostomy (big arrow) with peripheral fat stranding and contrast enhancement is seen after three months from surgery. No clinical symptoms or biological marker elevation were present. (b) 18 months CT scan control revealed total fat stranding resolution and demonstrated that the ill-defined enhancing image was due to a collapsed loop, which appears mild distended with normal fluid contain (arrowhead)

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