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- Title
Comparing the Roles of EUS, ERCP and MRCP in Idiopathic Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis.
- Authors
Safari, Mohammad Taghi; Miri, Mohammad Bager; Ebadi, Shahram; Shahrokh, Shabnam; Mohammad Alizadeh, Amir Houshang
- Abstract
Acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) is defined as more than two attacks of acute pancreatitis with complete or almost complete resolution of symptoms and signs of pancreatitis between episodes. The initial evaluation fails to detect the cause of ARP in 10%–30% of patients, whose condition is classified as idiopathic ARP. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has gained increasing attention as a useful imaging modality for the pancreas and the extrahepatic biliary tree. The close proximity of the pancreas to the digestive tract allows EUS to obtain detailed images of this organ. This review aims to record pancreaticobiliary endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and other imaging modalities in the clinical management of patients with idiopathic ARP.
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology, 2016, Issue 9, p35
- ISSN
1179-5522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4137/CGast.S37927