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Case 16: Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis

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70-year-old man diagnosed 5 weeks ago with acute pancreatitis presenting with persistent abdominal pain.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Stephen I. Johnson MD

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  1. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Atif Zaheer

  2. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Elliot K. Fishman

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Meredith E. Pittman

  4. The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Ralph H. Hruban

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Johnson, S.I. (2017). Case 16: Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis. In: Zaheer, A., Fishman, E., Pittman, M., Hruban, R. (eds) Pancreatic Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52680-5_16

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