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Published online before print March 29, 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2232010815
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(Radiology 2002;223:547-553.)
© RSNA, 2002

Pancreatic Cysts: Depiction on Single-Shot Fast Spin-Echo MR Images1

Xiao-Ming Zhang, MD, Donald G. Mitchell, MD, Masako Dohke, MD, George A. Holland, MD and Laurence Parker, PhD

1 From the Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1096 Main Bldg, 132 S 10th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (X.M.Z., D.G.M., M.D., G.A.H., L.P.); and Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China (X.M.Z.). Received April 19, 2001; revision requested May 23; revision received August 10; accepted September 28. Address correspondence to D.G.M. (e-mail: donald.mitchell@mail.tju.edu).



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  		Figure 1. Scatterplot of prevalence of pancreatic cysts according to age. Prevalence increased with age (r = 0.96). VAR 1 = prevalence expressed in percentage, VAR 2 = age.

 


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  		Figure 2. Transverse T2-weighted single-shot fast SE MR image ({infty}/185) obtained in a 74-year-old man shows a simple cyst (arrow) with well-defined homogeneous signal intensity in the body of pancreas.

 


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  		Figure 3. Transverse T2-weighted single-shot fast SE MR image ({infty}/185) obtained in an 82-year-old man shows a nonsimple cyst (arrow) with lobules and septa in the head of pancreas. This cyst showed no significant changes at MR imaging during 4-month follow-up.

 


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  		Figure 4. A, Transverse and, B, coronal T2-weighted single-shot fast SE MR images ({infty}/185) obtained in a 67-year-old man show multiple pancreatic cysts (arrows) of different sizes in the head, body, and tail of the pancreas. The pancreatic duct shows mild irregularity. Small liver cysts also are seen.

 




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