CT- and MRI-Based Assessment of Body Composition and Pancreatic Fibrosis Reveals High Incidence of Clinically Significant Metabolic Changes That Affect the Quality of Life and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer.

Conclusions: Sarcopenia and osteoporosis/osteopenia are highly prevalent among patients with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and CT- and MRI-based assessment of body composition and pancreatic fibrosis could be a potentially useful tool for routine detection of these significant metabolic changes. PMID: 31569661 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31569661?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - September 26, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Bieliuniene E, Brøndum Frøkjær J, Pockevicius A, Kemesiene J, Lukosevičius S, Basevicius A, Atstupenaite V, Barauskas G, Ignatavicius P, Gulbinas A, Dambrauskas Z Tags: Medicina (Kaunas) Source Type: research