Sonographic Findings in Groove Pancreatitis
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Marek Wronski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Address correspondence to Marek Wronski, MD, PhD, Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Ulica Banacha 1A, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.Search for more papers by this authorDominika Karkocha MD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorMaciej Slodkowski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorWlodzimierz Cebulski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorIreneusz W. Krasnodebski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Marek Wronski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Address correspondence to Marek Wronski, MD, PhD, Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Ulica Banacha 1A, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.Search for more papers by this authorDominika Karkocha MD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorMaciej Slodkowski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorWlodzimierz Cebulski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorIreneusz W. Krasnodebski MD, PhD
Department of General, Gastroenterologic, and Oncologic Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Groove pancreatitis is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis involving the anatomic plane between the pancreatic head and duodenum. The radiographic diagnosis remains challenging, and most patients undergo exploratory laparotomy on suspicion of a periampullary malignancy. The appearance of groove pancreatitis on transabdominal and intraoperative sonography has rarely been reported in the literature. The sonographic findings in our 2 patients included a hypoechoic thin area between the pancreatic head and duodenum, a hyperechoic and thickened wall of the adjacent duodenum, and a heterogeneous or hyperechoic dorsocranial part of the pancreatic head.
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