Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis
Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains a challenge. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can be considered nowadays as the technique of choice for the morphological diagnosis of this disease. More than three or four EUS defined criteria of CP need to be present for the diagnosis of the disease. The d...
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author | Julio Iglesias-García José Lariño-Noia Björn Lindkvist J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz |
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description | Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains a challenge. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can be considered nowadays as the technique of choice for the morphological diagnosis of this disease. More than three or four EUS defined criteria of CP need to be present for the diagnosis of the disease. The development of the more restrictive Rosemont classification aims to standardize the criteria, assigning different values to different features but its impact on the EUS-based diagnosis of CP is debatable. A combined use of endoscopic function test and EUS has even increased the diagnostic yield. Elastography and FNA may be also of help for diagnosing CP. EUS also provides with very valuable information on the severity of the disease, giving key information that may influence in the treatment. Differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses in the context of a CP is also challenging, EUS plays a key role in this context. It provides with the possibility of obtaining specimens for histopathological diagnosis. Nowadays, new developed techniques associated to EUS, like elastography and contrast enhancement, are also showing promising results for the differentiating between these pancreatic lesions. |
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spelling | doaj.art-524c8a110cad4757a841da083c2ccd0c2022-12-22T01:09:40ZengAran EdicionesRevista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas1130-01082015-04-011074221228S1130-01082015000400006Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitisJulio Iglesias-García0José Lariño-Noia1Björn Lindkvist2J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz3Hospital Universitario de SantiagoHospital Universitario de SantiagoHospital Universitario de SantiagoHospital Universitario de SantiagoDiagnosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) remains a challenge. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) can be considered nowadays as the technique of choice for the morphological diagnosis of this disease. More than three or four EUS defined criteria of CP need to be present for the diagnosis of the disease. The development of the more restrictive Rosemont classification aims to standardize the criteria, assigning different values to different features but its impact on the EUS-based diagnosis of CP is debatable. A combined use of endoscopic function test and EUS has even increased the diagnostic yield. Elastography and FNA may be also of help for diagnosing CP. EUS also provides with very valuable information on the severity of the disease, giving key information that may influence in the treatment. Differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses in the context of a CP is also challenging, EUS plays a key role in this context. It provides with the possibility of obtaining specimens for histopathological diagnosis. Nowadays, new developed techniques associated to EUS, like elastography and contrast enhancement, are also showing promising results for the differentiating between these pancreatic lesions.http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082015000400006&lng=en&tlng=enEndoscopic ultrasoundDiagnosisChronic pancreatitis |
spellingShingle | Julio Iglesias-García José Lariño-Noia Björn Lindkvist J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas Endoscopic ultrasound Diagnosis Chronic pancreatitis |
title | Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis |
title_full | Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis |
title_fullStr | Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis |
title_short | Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis |
title_sort | endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis |
topic | Endoscopic ultrasound Diagnosis Chronic pancreatitis |
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