IT CERTAINLY seems fair to say that Opie's1 explanation in 1901 of the mode of production of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis has influenced opinion concerning this condition to the present time.

Imaging studies demonstrate diffuse dilation of the pancreatic duct and the pancreatic parenchyma is often atrophic due to chronic duct obstruction. However, classic features of chronic pancreatitis ...

Pancreatic duct obstruction should be corrected if possible, which requires open surgery, unless a pancreatic endostent can negotiate the stricture [18]; Cases in which pseudocysts cannot be ...

5. Yellowing of Skin or Eyes (Jaundice) In cases of pancreatic cancer, symptoms like jaundice may appear as a result of bile duct obstruction. Jaundice may also be accompanied by itchy skin ...

In the largest prospective series with 64 patients, [68] subjects were classified into three groups based on the timing of symptomatic obstruction: biliary first (group 1), simultaneous biliary ...

The tiny endoscope can be advanced into the bile duct or pancreatic duct to directly visualize a narrowing or blockage. If the exam shows narrowing of the ducts, biopsies can be taken, and a stent can ...