27/12/2025
🩺 Right Pancreatic Lobe — Tracing Steps
1️⃣ Identify the Descending Duodenum (your key landmark)
Right cranial abdomen
Thick wall, gas-filled, C-shaped loop
2️⃣ Place the probe longitudinally along the duodenum
Duodenum should run head-to-tail on screen
Keep it centered
3️⃣ Scan the MEDIAL (inner) border of the duodenum
The right pancreatic lobe lies medial & slightly dorsal to it
Appears as elongated or triangular soft tissue
4️⃣ Follow it cranially & caudally
Trace along the whole duodenal length
Look for continuity toward the pancreatic body near the pylorus
5️⃣ Adjust for clarity
Use microconvex/curvilinear probe
Reduce gain slightly
Gentle pressure to move gas
✅ Normal appearance
Thin
Fine echotexture
Slightly hyperechoic to liver
🚨 Abnormal (pancreatitis)
Hypoechoic & swollen
Bright surrounding fat
Local fluid
Duodenal thickening
💎 Fast recall
“FIND DUODENUM → FOLLOW MEDIAL BORDER → TRACE SOFT TISSUE BAND”
