Pancreatic calculi-Radiological features and diagnostic significance

Pancreatic calculi refers to true stones in the duct system of the pancreas. False stones are calcifications in the parenchyma of the gland. According to Mayo Robson pancreatic calculi never forms in a healthy pancreas. It is a diagnostic feature of chronic pancreatitis. and it is rare in acute pancreatitis except as its sequelae in areas of fat necrosis and in the wall of pseudocysts. Pancreatic calculi was first observed and recorded by Graaf in 1667. Later, Morgagni [1765] and Cawley [1788] reported autopsy findings of the stones. Capparelli [1883] is given credit for the first surgical removal of pancreatic calculi