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. 2019 Jun 28;103(1):39. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.1780

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A 71-year-old man with retroportal suprasplenic type circumportal pancreas. (A) Schematic shows annulus of pancreatic tissue surrounding the portal vein. The main pancreatic duct passed behind the portal vein and pancreatic body and tail is located above the splenic vein. (B) Axial gadolinium-enhanced arterial phase MR image shows pancreatic tissue (arrows) encircling portal vein (arrowhead). Note the main pancreatic duct (open arrowhead) passing behind the portal vein. (C) Coronal T2-weighted image shows pancreatic body and tail (arrow) above the splenic vein (open arrow).