CT and MR imaging patterns for pancreatic carcinoma invading the extrapancreatic neural plexus (Part II): Imaging of pancreatic carcinoma nerve invasion

Figure 7 Example of patterns of extrapancreatic neural invasion by pancreatic carcinoma and the characteristics as visualized by magnetic resonance imaging. Fifty-seven-year-old female with pancreatic body carcinoma: magnetic resonance images. The tumor (short arrows) was located at the body of the pancreas which showed hypointensity on T1-weighted imaging (A), arterial phase (C) and venous phase (D), while it showed hyperintensity on T2-weighted imaging (B); there was streak-like signal intensity structure (long arrows) between pancreatic body and abdominal aorta.