Impact of age on the diagnostic performance of pancreatic ductal diameters in detecting chronic pancreatitis.

Jens Brøndum Frøkjær Søren Schou Olesen Asbjørn Mohr DrewesDavid CollinsFatih Akisik Jordan Swensson

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)

Age is an important factor when evaluating the diameter of the pancreatic ductal system. Our findings challenge the existing reported thresholds for defining an abnormal duct diameter and point at age-stratified assessments as an integrated part of future imaging-based diagnostic and grading systems for CP.

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current status
mass spectrometry
photodynamic therapy
fluorescence imaging