Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Figure 7.1 CT scan of the abdomen with extensive pancreatic necrosis, with a large amount of peripancreatic edema and several poorly organized fluid collections, the largest measuring 5.7 cm ×…
Palliative Care and Pancreatic Disease
Step Sample language Assess illness understanding (prognostic awareness) “What have you learned so far about your cancer diagnosis?” Assess information preferences “I’d like to assure that I am giving you…
Medical and Endoscopic Management of Chronic Pancreatitis
Figure 6.1 CT of the pancreas notes a pancreatic ductal head stone with proximal pancreatic duct dilation My Management A. Continue IV hydration and follow-up in GI clinic as an…
Hospital Management of Acute Pancreatitis
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Timothy B. Gardner and Kerrington D. Smith (eds.)Pancreatology10.1007/978-3-319-53091-8_3 3. Hospital Management of Acute Pancreatitis Nigeen H. Janisch1 (1) Department of Gastroenterology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA …
Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Figure 9.1 CT scan demonstrating the classic sausage-shaped appearance of patients with type 1 AIP My Management 1. Serologic testing for IgG4 and CA 19-9 and CT imaging for evaluation…
Hereditary Pancreatitis
Figure 2.1 Representative CT scan from a patient with CFTR-induced pancreatitis. Note extensive calcifications, atrophy, and dilated main pancreatic duct My Management 1. Consider other causes of acute pancreatitis that…
Neoadjuvant Multimodality Therapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Head Cancer
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Timothy B. Gardner and Kerrington D. Smith (eds.)Pancreatology10.1007/978-3-319-53091-8_15 15. Neoadjuvant Multimodality Therapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Head Cancer Maureen V. Hill1 and Kerrington D. Smith1 (1) Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical…
Staging Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Localized Pancreatic Cancer
Resectability Definition Resectable • No tumor involvement of the SMA • Tumor abutment <180° Borderline • Tumor-associated deformity of the PV or SMV • Abutment of the SMV or PV ≥180° • Short segment occlusion…
Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Timothy B. Gardner and Kerrington D. Smith (eds.)Pancreatology10.1007/978-3-319-53091-8_4 4. Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Haaris A. Beg1 (1) Internal Medicine, NYU Langone, 545 1st Avenue Apt 4F, New York, NY 10016, USA Haaris A. Beg…
Risk Factors for Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
Figure 1.1 CT imaging of the pancreas revealed evidence of interstitial pancreatitis. In this case the pancreas was well perfused, edematous, without evidence of biliary or pancreatic duct dilation. Pancreatitis…
