Kamat Rohan, Gupta Pankaj, Rana Surinder
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Gastroenterology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2019 Apr-Jun;29(2):201-210. doi: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_484_18.
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an important gastrointestinal cause of morbidity worldwide. It can severely impair the quality of life besides life-threatening acute and long-term complications. Pain and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (leading to malnutrition) impact the quality of life. Acute complications include pseudocysts, pancreatic ascites, and vascular complications. Long-term complications are diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer. Early diagnosis of CP is crucial to alter the natural course of the disease. However, majority of the cases are diagnosed in the advanced stage. The role of various imaging techniques in the diagnosis of CP is discussed in this review.
慢性胰腺炎（CP）是全球范围内导致发病的重要胃肠道病因。除了危及生命的急性和长期并发症外，它还会严重损害生活质量。疼痛和胰腺外分泌功能不全（导致营养不良）会影响生活质量。急性并发症包括假性囊肿、胰性腹水和血管并发症。长期并发症是糖尿病和胰腺癌。CP的早期诊断对于改变疾病的自然病程至关重要。然而，大多数病例在晚期才被诊断出来。本综述讨论了各种影像学技术在CP诊断中的作用。
