Diagnostic criteria for early-stage chronic pancreatitis

Endoscopic diagnostic of chronic pancreatitis.

Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a continuous inflammatory pancreatic disease, one characterized by irreversible morphological changes, often associates with pain and sometimes with the loss of endocrine and exocrine function. As a histological confirmation of chronic pancreatitis is often unavailable, the diagnosis is traditionally based on imaging methods such as computerized tomography (CT...

Capability and Limitations of Recent Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune Pancreatitis

Because a diagnostic serological marker is unavailable, autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is diagnosed based on unique features. The diagnostic capabilities and potential limitations of four sets of diagnostic criteria for AIP (Japanese diagnostic criteria 2006 and 2011, Asian diagnostic criteria, and international consensus diagnostic criteria (ICDC)) were compared among 85 patients who were diagn...

JPN Guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis: diagnostic criteria for acute pancreatitis

The currently used diagnostic criteria for acute pancreatitis in Japan are presentation with at least two of the following three manifestations: (1) acute abdominal pain and tenderness in the upper abdomen; (2) elevated levels of pancreatic enzyme in the blood, urine, or ascitic fluid; and (3) abnormal imaging findings in the pancreas associated with acute pancreatitis. When a diagnosis is made...

Development, immunohistochemical analysis and diagnostic criteria of fibrosis in the normal pancreas, alcoholic chronic pancreatitis and autoimmune pancreatitis

Diagnostic dilemmas Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma

James D Evans, Dion G Morton, John P Neoptolemos Summary The differential diagnosis between pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis is very important as the management and prognosis of these two diseases is different. In most patients with pancreatic disease, the diagnosis can be established but there is a subgroup of patients in whom it is difficult to differentiate between these conditions...