title: Acute idiopathic pancreatitis: clinical and diagnostic contribution.
abstract: Acute idiopathic pancreatitis is a term used when no underlying cause can be identified on routine investigations. However more specialized investigations, such as endoscopic, endoscopic retrocolangio pancreopathy (CPRE), may detect aetiological factors, particularly biliary sludge and pancreatic duct abnormalities. The authors, reviewing the current literature, report their caseload of idiopathic pancreatitis. They conclude that CPRE is indicated if ultrasonography shows a calibre of the common duct at the superior limits of normal values and in each idiopathic recurrent AP.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Surgery, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montesano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gallinaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertagni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hueck
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Illuminati
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*