[Lymphangiography in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis]

Numerous techniques exist for the biological and instrumental detection of chronic pancreatitis. Attention is here given to lymphangiography as a means of illustrating changes in lymph dynamics and node morphology, especially in the retro- and peripancreatic regions. A brief account of the technique is followed by the placing of more particular stress on the adoption of a variant whereby an inguinal route is preferred to a limb collector. Some conclusions are then offered with respect to the findings that can thus be obtained and their significant contribution to the differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis.