Ultrasound in the pancreatitis

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pancreatitis by ultrasound, showing the difference between light and chronic pancreatitis and the importance of this diagnostic method in this pathology. METHODS: the survey major databases were PubMed / MedLine / VHL and books on this subject. RESULTS: Ultrasound is an important diagnostic method in the evaluation and differentiation of mild and severe acute pancreatitis and also chronic pancreatitis. It can identify abnormalities in the majority of patients with acute pancreatitis and allows the monitoring of those with small peripancreatic fluid collections. CONCLUSIONS: To differentiate the degrees of pancreatitis by ultrasound, it is important to have notion of embryology and anatomy that shows the pancreas’ relationship with other organs and also other methods of diagnostic imaging, such as X ray, CT and MRI of the abdomen, cholangiography and endoscopic cholangiopancreatography