Pancreatic calcification
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Pancreatic calcification
- Calcification of the pancreas is associated with chronic pancreatitis. Occasionally the calcification outlines the whole shape of the pancreas.
Pancreatic calcification
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Pancreatic calcification
- More commonly only a portion of the pancreas is calcified. Here only the pancreatic head is calcified.
- Note the other visible soft tissue structures. If there was a smaller amount of pancreatic calcification in this position it could easily be mistaken for a renal stone.