Endoscopic retrograde pancreaticocholangiography in chronic diseases of the pancreas and in papillary stenoses.
The extensive experience of the authors in endoscopic retorgrade pancreaticography is correlated with data in the literature to illustrate the spectrum of characteristic changes and diagnostic accuracy in several entities. These include chronic pancreatitis, calculous pancreatitis, necrotizing lesions and pseudocysts, carcinoma of the pancreas, and papillary stenosis, spasm, and carcinoma.
D000208:Acute Disease; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D002137:Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*