The problem of diagnosing chronic pancreatitis.
High alcohol consumption in Europe makes it necessary to consider chronic pancreatitis when a patient with history of alcohol abuse presents with abdominal pain. Diagnosis should be made on the basis of imaging procedures and function tests. A scoring system for this, together with a short evaluation of the present diagnostic procedures, are presented.
Lankisch
P G
PG
Department of Internal Medicine, Municipal Clinic of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany. paulgeorg.lankisch@klinikum-lueneburg.de
D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008049:Lipase; D000681:Amylases