Prospective evaluation of yield of endoscopic ultrasonography in the etiological diagnosis of "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis

Prospective evaluation of yield of endoscopic ultrasonography in the etiological diagnosis of "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis

Background: Etiology of acute pancreatitis (AP) remains idiopathic in 30% of patients. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been shown to increase the diagnostic yield in patients with idiopathic AP (IAP). Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of EUS in achieving etiological diagnosis in pa...

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Main Authors: Narendra S. Choudhary, Rinkesh Kumar Bansal, Vinit Shah, Mukesh Nasa, Rajesh Puri, Ragesh Thandassery, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Amit Bhasin, Sumit Bhatia, S. R. Misra, Suraj Bhagat, Chitranshu Vashishtha, Randhir Sud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
endoscopic ultrasound
idiopathic acute pancreatitis
microlithiasis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.195725

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