Erschienen in:
28.02.2018
“Inverted Figure 3” sign of periampullary carcinoma
verfasst von:
A. I. Clark, A. A. Dawkins, R. T. Nair
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 9/2018
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Excerpt
The “Inverted figure 3” sign was first described by Frostberg [
1] in 1938 as a mass effect on the medial duodenal wall with concomitant ampullary sparing due to tethering by the pancreatic and common bile ducts. This sign, which as appears as a “Classic” in barium form, is associated with pancreatic head enlargement [
2,
3] and can be seen with ampullary carcinoma, carcinoma head of the pancreas, duodenal carcinoma, lymphoma, metastasis, or focal pancreatitis [
4]. …