Journal
RADIOLOGIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 1189-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2015.06.006
Keywords
Acute pancreatitis; Interstitial edematous pancreatitis; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Acute peripancreatic fluid collections; Acute necrotic collection; Pseudocyst; Walled-off pancreatic necrosis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
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Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammation of the pancreas. Several classification systems have been used in the past but were considered unsatisfactory. A revised Atlanta classification of acute pancreatitis was published that assessed the clinical course and severity of disease; divided acute pancreatitis into interstitial edematous pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis; discerned an early phase (first week) from a late phase (after the first week); and focused on systemic inflammatory response syndrome and organ failure. This article focuses on the revised classification of acute pancreatitis, with emphasis on imaging features, particularly on newly-termed fluid collections and implications for the radiologist.
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