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Optimum imaging of chronic pancreatitis

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Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory process of the pancreas characterized by progressive parenchyma destruction, resulting in pain and exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. In the advanced stages the diagnosis by imaging is usually straightforward, while in the early phases of the disease there can be a paucity of findings at imaging, thus making an early diagnosis challenging. Different imaging modalities can have a role in the initial diagnosis and in the longitudinal follow-up of patients affected by chronic pancreatitis, also enabling to assess the complications of the disease. Radiography, Ultrasonography, CT and MRI can all provide morphological information, and MRI with the administration of secretin can also provide functional information. The use of an appropriate technique is fundamental for optimizing the examination to the clinical question.

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  1. Istituto di Radiologia, Policlinico GB Rossi, P.le LA Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy

    G. A. Zamboni, M. C. Ambrosetti & G. Mansueto

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital Erasme, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  3. Department of Radiology, Institut Jules Bordet, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    M. A. Bali

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Zamboni, G.A., Ambrosetti, M.C., Pezzullo, M. et al. Optimum imaging of chronic pancreatitis. Abdom Radiol 45, 1410–1419 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-020-02492-9

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