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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
On Abdominal MRI, pancreatic cancer is characterized as hypointense. | |||
==MRI== | |||
Signal characteristics include: | |||
*T1: hypo intense c.f. normal pancreas 5 | |||
*T1 FS: hypo intense c.f. normal pancreas 5 | |||
*T1 + C (Gd): slower enhancement than normal pancreas, therefore dynamic injection with arterial phase imaging with fat saturation is ideal | |||
*T2/FLAIR: variable (therefore not very useful) depending on the amount of reactive desmoplastic reaction 1,5 <ref name=radio>[Pancreatic ductal carcinoma][Dr Ahmed Abd Rabou and Dr Frank Gaillard et al] Radiopedia.org 2015. [http://radiopaedia.org/articles/pancreatic-ductal-carcinoma]</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
On Abdominal MRI, pancreatic cancer is characterized as hypointense.
MRI
Signal characteristics include:
- T1: hypo intense c.f. normal pancreas 5
- T1 FS: hypo intense c.f. normal pancreas 5
- T1 + C (Gd): slower enhancement than normal pancreas, therefore dynamic injection with arterial phase imaging with fat saturation is ideal
- T2/FLAIR: variable (therefore not very useful) depending on the amount of reactive desmoplastic reaction 1,5 [1]