Acute Pancreatitis.
- 1 Pathophysiology of Acute Pancreatitis.
- 2 Clinical Aspects of Acute Pancreatitis: Features, Prognosis and Use of Imaging Findings in Therapeutic Decision Making.
- 3 The Role of Ultrasound in Acute Pancreatitis.
- 4 The Role of Computed Tomography.
- 5 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Pancreatitis.
Pancreatic Trauma.
- 6 Pancreatic Trauma.
Chronic Pancreatitis.
- 7 Pathophysiology of Chronic Pancreatitis.
- 8 Clinical Aspects of Chronic Pancreatitis: Features and Prognosis.
- 9 The Role of Ultrasound.
- 10 The Role of Computed Tomography.
- 11 The Role of MR Imaging.
- 12 The Role of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Complications of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.
- 13 Pathology of Chronic Pancreatitis.
- 14 Clinical Aspect of Complications: Features and Prognoses.
- 15 Imaging of Pancreatic Pseudocyst.
- 16 Imaging of Biliary and Vascular Complications.
- 17 Imaging of Local Extension and Fistulas.
- 18 Chronic Pancreatitis vs Pancreatic Tumors.
- 19 The Role of Endoscopy in Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.
- 20 Surgical and Interventional Perspective in Chronic Pancreatitis.
Subject Index.
List of Contributors.
Pancreatitis is a ubiquitous disease. Although it is more prevalent in developed countries, accounting for approximately 210,000 yearly hospital admissions in the US, the wide variety of causes accounts for it being seen in every country. Even though it is an old affliction, its clinical and pathologic manifestations were not recognized until late in the 19th and early 20th century. Seminal articles by Chiari (1896), Fitz (1889) on acute pancreatitis and Comfort 1946 on chronic pancreatitis defined the distinctive features of these related but separate clinical entities.
The radiologic evaluation of patients with these disorders paralleled the increasing clinical sophistication and, important to our current volume, the rapid technological advances as related to imaging. The modern era of pancreatic imaging began with the introduction of gray-scale ultrasound in the early 1970s and computed tomography (CT) in the mid 1970s. Pancreatic imaging progressed rapidly in the last two decades of the 20th century, specifically related to the appreciation of information provided by the proper use of iodinated intravenous contrast materials for both CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The development of multidetector-row CT (MDCT), advances in MRI beyond spin-echo techniques and of endoscopic ultrasound further improved and accelerated this trend. In addition to improving imaging diagnosis of pancreatitis and its complications, imaging techniques serve as a platform for increasingly innovative minimally invasive interventional therapies.
The present volume describes and illustrates the contributions, strengths and limitations of state-of-the-art imaging modalities used to diagnose and evaluate patients with pancreatitis and its abdominal complications. The reader will notice several unavoidable overlapping opinions reflecting different points of view, distinct idiosyncratic experiences and various conflicting bibliographic references. This serves our purpose in providing a compendium of a variety of approaches to these complex patients.
This project has taken a significantly longer time to bring to publication than originally intended. While the editors bear the ultimate responsibility for timeliness of final publication, the effect of the untimely death of Professor Carlo Procacci of Verona cannot be minimized. The cruel irony that Professor Procacci was taken from us by pancreatic cancer is not lost. Professor Procacci conceived this project in 2000; he succumbed to his disease on January 1, 2004 at far too young an age. The appointment of Professor Roberto Pozzi-Mucelli at the Policlinico G. Rossi is guaranteed to sustain the contributions of this center to the world’s knowledge of pancreatic disease.
Key Features
- Documents the strengths and limitations of all the imaging techniques used in patients with pancreatitis.
- Clearly explains how imaging findings derive from the pathophysiology of the disease processes.
- Examines in detail the significance of imaging findings for clinical and therapeutic decision-making.
- Contains numerous informative high-quality illustrations.
About the Editor
- Emil J. Balthazar, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology, Bellevue Hospital, NYU-Langone Medical Center, Room 3W37, 462 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
- Alec J. Megibow, MD, MPH, FACR, Professor, Department of Radiology, NYU-Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
- Roberto Pozzi Mucelli, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology, Policlinico “GB Rossi”, University of Verona, Piazzale LA Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 402 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 1, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3540002812
- ISBN-13: 978-3540002819
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.8 x 0.9 inches
List Price: $189.00