NONALCOHOLIC DUCT-DESTRUCTIVE CHRONIC-PANCREATITIS - IMAGING FINDINGS

OBJECTIVE. Nonalcoholic duct-destructive chronic pancreatitis is a new entity that should be distinguished from alcoholic chronic pancreatit is. The purpose of this study was to assess the imaging features of no nalcoholic duct-destructive chronic pancreatitis. CONCLUSION. Nonalcoh olic duct-destructive chronic pancreatitis has characteristic CT and M R imaging features that include the presence of a focal or more diffus e mass causing either regular or irregular narrowing of the main pancr eatic duct, the absence of parenchymal atrophy and significant ductal dilatation proximal to the site of stenosis, and the absence of extrap ancreatic spread.