Guidelines for the Diagnostic Cross Sectional Imaging and Severity Scoring of Chronic Pancreatitis

The paper presents the international guidelines for imaging evaluation of chronic pancreatitis. The following consensus was obtained: Computed tomography (CT) is often the most appropriate initial imaging modality for evaluation of patients with suspected chronic pancreatitis (CP) depicting most changes in pancreatic morphology. CT is also indicated to exclude other potential intraabdominal pathologies presenting with symptoms similar to CP. However, CT cannot exclude a diagnosis of CP nor can it be used to exclusively diagnose early or mild disease.

Source: Pancreatology - August 28, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Jens Br øndum Frøkjær, Fatih Akisik, Ammad Farooq, Burcu Akpinar, Anil Dasyam, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Ingfrid S. Haldorsen, Giovanni Morana, John P. Neoptolemos, Søren Schou Olesen, Maria Chiara Petrone, Andrea Sheel, Tooru Shimosoegawa, David C. Whitc Source Type: research