Eosinophilic diseases of the lung include a heterogeneous group of pulmonary disorders that characteristically feature peripheral or tissue eosinophilia. Patients with these illnesses have a variable clinical presentation and may be asymptomatic or may exhibit organ dysfunction or clinical symptoms…
Etiology Chronic pancreatitis is defined as an ongoing prolonged inflammatory disease characterized by progressive irreversible structural changes resulting in permanent loss of endocrine and exocrine function. The Cambridge classification of 1983 acknowledged that chronic pancreatitis is typically associated with abdominal…
Etiology Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory disorder of the pancreas that has numerous causes ( Box 48-1 ). The most common risk factors are chronic alcohol consumption and choledocholithiasis. In 20% of cases no cause can be found. Box…
Etiology Cystic lesions of the pancreas encompass a wide spectrum of different pathologic entities, ranging from developmental, to inflammatory, to neoplastic cysts. Neoplastic cystic lesions, which are the most important, owing to their profound impact on patient prognosis and the…
Etiology The term solid pancreatic masses, in its wide meaning, encompasses neoplastic lesions and non-neoplastic masses, ranging from anatomic variants, such as pancreatic head lobulations, to focal inflammatory processes and neoplasms. This chapter will mainly discuss solid pancreatic neoplasms and…
Multidetector Computed Tomography Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has become a fundamental technique of pancreatic imaging. Today, higher image quality can be obtained in abdominal imaging, and this is even more significant in pancreatic imaging, in which the reduction of acquisition…