title: Non-traumatic abdominal emergencies: imaging and intervention in acute pancreatic conditions.
abstract: Pancreatic emergency, unrelated to traumatic events, can occur as a consequence of the more significant pancreatic pathologies (acute and chronic pancreatitis, tumors) or of the interventional or surgical treatment carried out as therapy for the above-mentioned lesions. Acute pancreatic conditions are represented by pancreatic infections, the involvement of organs, structures, and adjacent spaces within the pancreatic disease, and, lastly, vascular complications. Acute pancreatic conditions are common in pancreatic diseases and can be catastrophic; even if there is a gamut in the severity of clinical presentation, each can be potentially life threatening. Immediate radiological detection of the lesions together with a correct therapeutic percutaneous radiological approach whenever an interventional procedure is preferable to surgery or, when performed before surgery, whenever it can optimize its results, is of fundamental importance in the management of these patients. This article focuses on the essential role of radiology and the integration of imaging and intervention in acute pancreatic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital G.B. Rossi, Piazza L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. procacci@univr.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Procacci
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mansueto
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Onofrio
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.forename: Rosa Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falconi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000792:Angiography; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography