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CHAPTER 7 The Pancreas 227

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FIG. 7.34 Pancreatitis Causes Perivascular Inlammation. (A) Transverse sonogram and (B) computed tomography (CT) image of the pancreas

show obvious evidence of perivascular inlammation (arrows), hypoechoic on sonogram and low density on CT.

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FIG. 7.35 Perivascular Inlammation and Clot Caused by Pancreatitis. (A) Transverse sonogram of pancreas shows the conluence free

of thrombus, but clot in the splenic vein (white arrow). Note the obvious signs of perivascular and peripancreatic inlammation (yellow arrows).

(B) Transverse color Doppler sonogram conirms splenic vein clot (yellow arrow) and the open conluence (green arrow).

SMV clot

FIG. 7.36 Superior Mesenteric Vein Clot. Longitudinal sonograms show clot in the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) (arrows) in two patients

with acute pancreatitis.

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