Pancreatic cancer is a growing source of cancer related death, yet has poor survival rates
which have not improved in the last few decades. Its high mortality rate is attributed to …

Hepatic steatosis is the most prevalent liver disorder in the developed world. It is closely
associated with features of metabolic syndrome, especially insulin resistance and obesity …

After the first description of fatty pancreas in 1933, the effects of pancreatic steatosis have
been poorly investigated, compared with that of the liver. However, the interest of research is …

More research is now focused on pancreatic steatosis. Multiple definitions, clinical
associations and synonyms for pancreatic steatosis are described in the literature and can …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has continued to have a poor prognosis for the
last few decades in spite of recent advances in different imaging modalities mainly due to …

Solid lesions of the pancreas represent a heterogeneous group of entities that can be
broadly classified as either neoplastic or nonneoplastic. Neoplastic lesions include …

Purpose To assess the relationship between computed tomographic (CT) indexes and
histologically measured pancreatic fat in surgical specimens and to evaluate patients with …

Now more streamlined and focused than ever before, the 6th edition of CT and MRI of the
Whole Body is a definitive reference that provides you with an enhanced understanding of …

Background Ectopic fat deposition in the pancreas and its association with hepatic steatosis
have not previously been examined in patients with biopsy‐proven non‐alcoholic fatty liver …

Objectives Accumulation of intrapancreatic fat may be important in type 2 diabetes, but
widely varying data have been reported. The standard quantification by MRI in vivo is time …