CT Findings of Patients Treated with Irreversible Electroporation for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Figure 2

(a) Preoperative CT scan demonstrating soft tissue in pancreatic neck (white arrow) with distal pancreatic obstruction along with encasement of the celiac axis and its branches. (b) Immediate postoperative scan demonstrating irregular, hazy soft tissue with ill-defined margins in the postablative bed (white arrow). (c) Three-month follow-up scan showing similar hazy amorphous tissue in the postablation zone (white arrow) which has decreased in size. Further surveillance scans at five months (d), eight months (e), and ten months (f) demonstrating similar appearance of hazy, amorphous soft tissue which has remained stable in size (white arrows) with no signs of recurrence.

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