Endoscopic Ultrasound Findings in Patients Diagnosed with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency by Low Fecal Elastase-1.

Mazen ShobassyNedaa HusainatAbdalaziz TabashKalpesh PatelHashem B El-SeragMohamed O Othman

Published in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2019)

Chronic pancreatitis is the most common EUS finding in patients with low FE-1 levels. EUS appears helpful in determining the cause of EPI in most patients with low FE-1 and may detect unsuspected pancreatic neoplasia.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ultrasound guided
prognostic factors
fine needle aspiration
metal organic framework