Computed tomography based scoring system in a prospectively ascertained cohort of patients with chronic pancreatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

No standardized system is currently used to report the presence or severity of parenchymal and ductal features of chronic pancreatitis (CP) on CT scan. We report a modification to the previously proposed Cambridge classification to serve this purpose.

Methods

Contrast-enhanced CT scans of 158 well-phenotyped patients with CP enrolled in the North American Pancreatitis Studies (NAPS2) during 2000-2014 from the University of Pittsburgh were retrospectively reviewed by a subspecialty trained abdominal radiologist. Presence and severity (score scale 0-4) of pancreatic duct (PD) dilation, obstruction and contour irregularity, pancreatic calcifications, atrophy and extent of pancreatic involvement were recorded to grade the morphological severity of CP and stratify patie

SUBMITTER: Dasyam AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126159 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature