[Progress in pancreatic X-ray diagnosis in the last 30 years]

Proceeding from the pre-war state of the radiology of the pancreas in temporary order those investigations are discussed which essentially furthered the diagnosis of pancreatic diseases. The pneumopancreatotomography allowed the first direct proof of the pancreas; it has essentially enriched the anatomic conceptions. 10 to 15 years ago the splenoportography was the most evident examination of vessels. Today it is substituted by the coeliaco-mesentericography which in the venous phase delivers a splenoportogram and which allows to prove tumours rich in vessels with sufficient certainty. The investigation of the duodenum in hypotension improves the diagnostic of space-demanding processes on the surface of the head of the pancreas. The main value of scintigraphy consists in the exclusion of pancreatic diseases. The main value of scintigraphy consists in the exclusion of pancreatic diseases. The endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreaticography allows to shift the operative phase into the preoperative phase. Trijodated contrast remedies and developments concerning the technics of the apparatuses resulted in essential advantages. The pancreatic space which was empty 30 years ago is very much detected nowadays, though a contrast remedy which can be secreted by the pancreas needs still the detection.