Ultrasound diagnosis of pancreatic disease

The gray-scale ultrasound features of the normal and pathological pancreas are presented in 37 patients, 25 of whom presented with jaundice, and 12 of whom had abdominal pain suspected to be of pancreatic origin. The ultrasound criteria for the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinomata, acute pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocysts are illustrated. The correlation with findings at laparotomy and post-mortem are shown, suggesting that ultrasound is the best method of pancreatic imaging available in New Zealand at this time.