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Helical CT of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis

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Spiral CT of the Abdomen

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Abstract

It is generally accepted that computed tomography (CT) is the best single imaging modality for the initial evaluation of patients with acute pancreatitis. It can accurately detect the disease, depict complications, assess or stage severity, and guide interventional techniques (Balthazar et al. 1994). The exact role of CT in chronic pancreatitis is less well defined, and competing modalities of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and transabdominal and endoscopic sonography also are considered to be important modalities both for diagnosis of the disease and for detection of complications, morphologic staging, and precise definition of ductal anatomy.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 357115, 1959 Pacific Ave., Seattle, WA 98195, USA

    P.C. Freeny MD

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  1. Department of Radiology Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Geneva University Hospital, 24, Rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211, Genève 14, Switzerland

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Freeny, P. (2000). Helical CT of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis. In: Terrier, F., Grossholz, M., Becker, C.D. (eds) Spiral CT of the Abdomen. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56976-0_20

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