[Pancreatic calcinosis as shown on the computer tomogram and its general image]. / Pankreasverkalkungen im Computertomogramm und auf Ubersichtsaufnahmen.

The abdominal roentgenograms of 20 patients with pancreatic calcifications, demonstrated by CT, were evaluated retrospectively. The calcifications of 15 patients could be seen. In 2 patients with ERCP and in 1 patient with pneumocolon only, the calcifications could not be observed. In the remaining 2 patients with negative abdominal roentgenograms the calcifications were prevertebral and of small size. Possibly they could have been found with special projections.

[Computer tomogram of changes in pancreatic calcification during pancreatitis]. / Veränderung der Pankreasverkalkung bei Pankreatitis im Computertomogramm.

In 3 patients an increase of pancreatic calcification was observed in the course of 2 months. The increase of the calcification was combined with an improvement of the patient and a decrease of pseudocysts. Therefore the increase of pancreatic calcification was considered as a good sign. After surgical drainage of a pseudocyst one patient showed a decrease of pancreatic calcification in the course of 1 year. In this patient the clinical picture indicated a favourable development. This observation demonstrates that a recovering pancreas may show diminishing calcifications.