Acute Pancreatitis: Revised Atlanta Classification and the Role of Cross-Sectional Imaging.

Zhao, Ken; Adam, Sharon Z; Keswani, Rajesh N; Horowitz, Jeanne M; Miller, Frank H · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2015

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Abstract

The 2012 revision of the Atlanta Classification emphasizes accurate characterization of collections that complicate acute pancreatitis: acute peripancreatic fluid collections, pseudocysts, acute necrotic collections, and walled-off necroses. As a result, the role of imaging in the management of acute pancreatitis has substantially increased. This article reviews the imaging findings associated with acute pancreatitis and its complications on cross-sectional imaging and discusses the role of imaging in light of this revision.

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