Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease

Classification of Pancreatitis: Problems and Prospects.- A. Acute Pancreatitis.- Morphology of Acute Pancreatitis in Relation to Etiology and Pathogenesis.- Clinical Presentation and Course of Acute Pancreatitis.- I. Imaging Procedures.- Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Grading of Acute Pancreatitis.- Computed Tomography in Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnosis, Staging, and Detection of Complications.- Diagnosis of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis.- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Acute Pancreatitis: Indications and Limitations.- II. Functional Methods.- Appropriate Use of Serum Pancreatic Enzymes for the Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis.- Identification of the Etiological Factor in Acute Pancreatitis.- Exocrine Pancreatic Function During and Following Acute Pancreatitis.- Endocrine Pancreatic Function During and Following Acute Pancreatitis.- III. Prognostic Evaluation.- Pathophysiological Determinants of Severity of Acute Pancreatitis.- Clinical Value of Multifactorial Classification in the Prognostic Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis.- Biochemical Markers in the Early Prognostic Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis.- Prognostic Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis: When- and How-Consequences for Clinical Management.- Diagnostic and Prognostic Evaluation of Graft Pancreatitis.- IV. Guidelines.- Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnostic Guidelines for General Practitioners, Clinicians in Community Hospitals and in Specialized Centers.- B. Chronic Pancreatitis.- I. Chronic Pancreatitis: Clinical Features.- Pathomorphological Feature of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Pathophysiological Events in Chronic Pancreatitis: The Current Concept.- Clinical Presentation and Course of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Painless Versus Painful Chronic Pancreatitis.- II. Imaging Procedures.- Role of Ultrasonography inthe Diagnosis, Staging and Detection of Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis by Computed Tomography.- Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis by Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.- Radiologic Imaging of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Role of Pancreatic Duct Drainage for Evaluation of Pancreatic Pain.- What Does the Surgeon Need in the Preoperative Evaluation of Chronic Pancreatitis?.- III. Function Tests.- Neuroendocrine Abnormalities of Upper Gut Function in Chronic Pancreatitis: Lessons for Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Direct Pancreatic Function Tests in the Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Oral Pancreatic Function Tests in the Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Present and Future of Breath Tests in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Insufficiency.- Value of Serum Pancreatic Enzymes in the Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis.- New Fecal Tests in the Diagnosis of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency.- Extracellular Matrix in Pancreatic Diseases.- Endocrine Pancreatic Function in the Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis.- IV. Chronic Pancreatitis: Guidelines.- Diagnostic Standards for Chronic Pancreatitis.- Standards in Surgical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis.- C. Pancreatic Cancer.- Langerhans Islets Are the Origin of Ductal-Type Adenocarcinoma.- I. Imaging Procedures.- Ultrasound and Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.- Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer.- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.- Role of Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Cancer.- Intraportal Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Resectability in Pancreatic Cancer.- II. Other Diagnostic Procedures.- Serological Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer.- Role of Cytology in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.- Scintigraphic Procedures in the Detection of Pancreatic Tumors: Role of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography.- III. Molecular Biology.- Clinical Applicability of Molecular Procedures in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer.- IV. Guidelines.- Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnostic Guidelines for General Practitioners and Clinicians in Community Hospitals and Specialized Centers.