Title | Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease [electronic resource] / edited by P. Malfertheiner, J. E. Domรญnguez-Muรฑoz, H.-U. Schulz, H. Lippert |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60580-2 |
Descript | XXVI, 446 p. online resource |
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 in the 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