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Chronic pancreatitis by prof.MUDr.Petr Dítě, DrSc., MUDr.Jan Trna, MUDr.Katarina Floreanová, MUDr.Edvard Geryk is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Chronic pancreatitis about?

Chronic pancreatitis is among the diseases whose incidence is rising very slightly, but distinctly. The disease is initiated by a number of aetiological risk factors, such as alcohol, smoking, genetic or autoimmune factors. In principle, our knowledge on the aetiological factors of the disease is summarized in the TIGAR-O classification of chronic pancreatitis. Except hereditary, autoimmune and, to a certain degree, obstructive forms, however, the present risk factor must be accompanied by the presence of another of the factors for the disease to really develop. The diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis is currently based on the use of imaging techniques and/or histomorphological criteria. Particularly, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography as noninvasive methods are the methods of first choice; endosonography which enables to perform safe targeted biopsy is a method used, in addition to evaluating changes in the parenchyma and pancreatic duct system, to obtain material for cytological and/or histological assessment. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is not used as a diagnostic tool in most indications; however, it is an irreplaceable therapeutic metho

Author

prof.MUDr.Petr Dítě, DrSc., MUDr.Jan Trna, MUDr.Katarina Floreanová, MUDr.Edvard Geryk

Published

2011

Language

EN