Groove Pancreatitis Masquerading as Pancreatic Carcinoma—Detected on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Ashwin Singh Parihar; Bhagwant Rai Mittal; Shelvin Kumar Vadi; Apurva Sood; Rajender Kumar; Usha Dutta

doi:10.1007/s13139-018-0552-7

Groove Pancreatitis Masquerading as Pancreatic Carcinoma—Detected on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Ashwin Singh Parihar
, Bhagwant Rai Mittal
, Shelvin Kumar Vadi
, Apurva Sood
, Rajender Kumar
, Usha Dutta

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Abstract

Groove pancreatitis is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis that affects the groove area adjacent to the second part of the duodenum. Clinical and biochemical features often overlap with other subsets of chronic pancreatitis, while the imaging features resemble that of carcinoma of the head of pancreas. We present a 38-year-old man with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and loss of weight who underwent ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT to rule out a pancreatic malignancy. PET/CT imaging features of groove pancreatitis are distinct from the other subsets of chronic pancreatitis, such as alcoholic and autoimmune pancreatitis, and helpful in the diagnosis and planning further management of the patient.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	473-474
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volume	52
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-018-0552-7
State	Published - Dec 1 2018

Keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis
Carcinoma pancreas
Chronic pancreatitis
F-FDG PET/CT
Groove pancreatitis

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