Table of Content
Acute Pancreatitis.- Pathophysiology of Acute Pancreatitis.- Clinical Aspects of Acute Pancreatitis: Features, Prognosis and Use of Imaging Findings in Therapeutic Decision Making.- The Role of Ultrasound in Acute Pancreatitis.- The Role of Computed Tomography.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Pancreatitis.- Pancreatic Trauma.- Pancreatic Trauma.- Pronic Pancreatitis.- Pathophysiology of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Clinical Aspects of Chronic Pancreatitis: Features and Prognosis.- The Role of Ultrasound.- The Role of Computed Tomography.- The Role of MR Imaging in Chronic Pancreatitis.- The Role of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).- Complications of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.- Pathology of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Clinical Aspect of Complications: Features and Prognoses.- Imaging of Pancreatic Pseudocyst.- Imaging of Biliary and Vascular Complications.- Imaging of Local Extension and Fistulas.- Chronic Pancreatitis vs Pancreatic Tumors.- The Role of Endoscopy in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.- Surgical and Interventional Perspective in Chronic Pancreatitis.
About the author
All authors have published extensively in pancreatitis. Drs. Balthazar and Megibow have developed a classification system of acute pancreatitis used world-wide; Professor Pozzi-Mucelli is the Chairman of Radiology at one of the largest pancreatic centres in Europe.