Open AccessAcute biliary pancreatitis caught in the act
Author(s) -
Zimmer Vincent
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3343
Subject(s) - medicine , major duodenal papilla , pancreatitis , endoscopic ultrasound , acute pancreatitis , general surgery , gastroenterology , radiology
Endoscopic ultrasound is instrumental in biliary pancreatitis for stratifying patients for invasive ERCP, given high rates of spontaneous stone passage. This is reflected in this report illustrating “triple detection” of stones above, at, and below the papilla.