EUS and ERCP features of nonalcoholic duct-destructive, mass-forming pancreatitis before and after treatment with prednisolone

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 74-76

  Okai, T ^a   Fujii, T ^a,b   Ida, M ^b   Ueda, H ^b   Sawabu, N ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Houju Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Mass forming pancreatitis; Nonalcoholic duct destructive pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0036006668     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-001-0037-4     Document Type: Article

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