http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Digital-Portals/CT-Community/Pancreatitis-associated-with-splenic-artery-pseudoaneurysms.aspx<p>A 46-year-old man presented with a 5-month history of abdominal pain that had become aggravated in the previous half month. The patient’s temperature was 37.2°C, his pulse was 80/min, respiration 21/min, and blood pressure 13/8KPa. The patient was well developed and moderately nourished, with no evidence of heart or chest abnormalities. There was a scar located in the upper center of the patient’s abdomen. The patient was positive for left abdomen tenderness, negative for rebound tenderness. The patient was negative for liver and renal region knock pain and shifting dullness.</p> <p>Scanning was performed with a 64-detector row computed tomography (CT) scanner and postprocessing workstation using a dual-phase protocol. The scanning parameters were as follows: 0.75-mm collimation, 1 pitch, 0.5-mm reconstruction interval, 120 Kv, 120 mAs. The dual-phase spiral CT protocol, arterial and venous phases,was performed. 100 ml of Iohexol（30g I/100ml) was intravenously injected with a flow rate of 3 ml/s before examination. Using the workstation, volume rendering (VR), maximum intensity projection (MIP), cure plane reconstruction (CPR), and inspace images were acquired. </p>Friday, 01 Feb 2013 11:37:41 GMT