title: Comparing the Roles of EUS, ERCP and MRCP in Idiopathic Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis.
abstract: Acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) is defined as more than two attacks of acute pancreatitis with complete or almost complete resolution of symptoms and signs of pancreatitis between episodes. The initial evaluation fails to detect the cause of ARP in 10%-30% of patients, whose condition is classified as idiopathic ARP. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has gained increasing attention as a useful imaging modality for the pancreas and the extrahepatic biliary tree. The close proximity of the pancreas to the digestive tract allows EUS to obtain detailed images of this organ. This review aims to record pancreaticobiliary endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and other imaging modalities in the clinical management of patients with idiopathic ARP.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Taghi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Safari
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Bager
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Miri
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebadi
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shabnam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shahrokh
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir Houshang
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mohammad Alizadeh
keywords: endoscopic ultrasound; idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis