title: Pancreatitis. Secretin increases the diagnostic yield of MRCP.
abstract: The presence of ductal abnormalities after an unexplained acute attack of acute pancreatitis or in patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis might lead to a misdiagnosis of chronic pancreatitis or complications of acute pancreatitis. A new study suggests secretin administered during magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) leads to a better diagnostic yield than MRCP alone.
authors.affiliation: Pancreas Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pezzilli
mesh_terms: D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012633:Secretin
chemical_list: D012633:Secretin