Lipomas of the pancreas are very rare. Focal fatty infiltration of the panc
reas is an entity that should be differentiated from a pancreatic lipoma. I
n this report the MRI findings of an incidentally found pancreatic lipoma a
re presented and the role of MRI in the differentiation of pancreatic lipom
a and focal fatty infiltration of the pancreas is discussed. (C) 2001 Elsev
ier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.