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Krishna Prasad Shanbhogue1, Ali Pourvaziri2, Satheesh Krishna Jeyaraj3
1Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, 10016, USA. Krishna.shanbhogue@nyulangone.org.
Abstract:
Chronic pancreatitis is a chronic fibro-inflammatory syndrome characterized by chronic pancreatic inflammation leading to fibrosis and scarring. Patients with this multifactorial debilitating illness often require endoscopic or surgical intervention for treatment. Radiologists play a crucial role in pre-therapeutic workup as well as post-treatment imaging of chronic pancreatitis. This review summarizes the most common surgical and endoscopic treatment options that are currently available for chronic pancreatitis, including the implications on imaging.
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