Paraphernalia of Pancreatic Imaging

Abstract

Traditional imaging studies for evaluating pancreatic disease including abdominal ultrasound (US) and computerized tomography (CT) are widely utilized due to their availability, non-invasiveness, and familiarity on the part of physicians. Recently, the addition of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has significantly contributed to the ability of evaluating the pancreatic ductal and parenchymal anatomy and staging the malignancy using tissue samples. At the same time, the role of endoscopic retrograd