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.
Keyphrases
- ultrasound guided
- fine needle aspiration
- liver failure
- high resolution
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- respiratory failure
- aortic dissection
- chronic kidney disease
- drug induced
- working memory
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- intensive care unit
- hepatitis b virus
- convolutional neural network
- depressive symptoms
- patient reported outcomes
- mechanical ventilation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation