Imaging pitfalls of pancreatic serous cystic neoplasm and its potential mimickers.

The aim of this article is to clarify diagnostic pitfalls of pancreatic serous cystic neoplasm (SCN) that may result in erroneous characterization. Usual and unusual imaging findings of SCN as well as potential SCN mimickers are presented. The diagnostic key of SCN is to look for a cluster of microcysts (honeycomb pattern), which may not be always found in the center.

FDG-PET Findings of Intraductal Oncocytic Papillary Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Two Case Reports.

Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasm (IOPN) of the pancreas is a rare pancreatic tumor. To date, there have been three case reports of IOPN which showed strong positivity on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), raising the possibility of distinguishing IOPNs from other intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) using FDG-PET. However, all three cases had large tumors, approximately 10 cm in diameter, and there are no case reports of FDG-PET findings of small IOPNs, i.

[Computed tomography colonography for 5 cases of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis].

Computed tomography colonography (CTC) was performed in 5 patients with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI). The virtual colonoscopy view of CTC as well as total colonoscopy (TCS) findings showed polypoid lesions in the colon, and multiplanar reconstruction images of the colon revealed in the polypoid lesions of the colon. We confirmed the diagnosis of PCI in all cases.

[A case of extrahepatic portal vein aneurysm with massive thrombosis].

A 59-year-old woman, who was given a diagnosis of portal vein aneurysm at another hospital 2 years previously, visited our institution complaining of abdominal pain in November 2005. Abdominal imaging including computed tomography and ultrasonography demonstrated that the portal vasculature had dilated to 5 cm in maximum dimension and its center was at the junction of the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein. Moreover, a large thrombus was seen in the portal vein, the superior mesenteric vein and the splenic vein.

[Telangiectatic focal nodular hyperplasia accompanied with hemorrhage and necrosis during the course: report of a case].

A tumor, which was 10 cm in diameter, was found in the lateral segment of the liver of a 42-year-old man in October, 2004. The lesion was clinically diagnosed as focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH). In March, 2006, the patient admitted our hospital complaining epigastralgia, back pain, and fever.