Day: November 6, 2021

Preschooler with colicky abdominal pain

US of pancreatitis caused by pancreatic duct stone
Transverse US of the pancreatic head (above) shows just to the right of midline a round echogenic lesion with posterior shadowing in the center of the pancreatic head while transverse US of the pancreatic body (below) shows a dilated pancreatic duct throughout the body of the pancreas.

The diagnosis was a large stone in the pancreatic head portion of the pancreatic duct causing pancreatic duct obstruction and pancreatitis.