title: EUS and ERCP features of nonalcoholic duct-destructive, mass-forming pancreatitis before and after treatment with prednisolone.
abstract: Nonalcoholic, duct-destructive, mass-forming pancreatitis in a 28-year-old man was presented with endoscopic ultrasonographic (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic (ERCP) findings before and after corticoid therapy. Because this disease is often mistaken for a malignant tumor, EUS combined with ERCP may provide imaging characteristics useful for differentiation from malignant tumor, for early diagnosis, and for monitoring therapeutic effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sawabu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging