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ArticleIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2014

Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with first episode of idiopathic acute pancreatitis.

Anurag Govil, Mahendra Kumar Agrawal, Dinesh Agrawal, Harsh Udawat

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Article in Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Endoscopic Ultrasound for Routine Assessment in Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019
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Anurag GovilDepartment of Gastroenterology, Santobka Durlabhji Memorial Hospital, Near Rambagh Circle, Bhawani Singh Road, Bapu Nagar, Jaipur, 302 015, India, gutcare@hotmail.com.
Mahendra Kumar Agrawal
Dinesh Agrawal
Harsh Udawat
Santokba Durlabhji Memorial hospital · IN

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BACKGROUND/

aimsAcute pancreatitis (AP) evades an etiological diagnosis in up to 10 % to 30 % of patients. This group, ie. idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP) is prone to a high recurrence (up to 70 %). Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is promising, but there is limited data on elucidating the cause of IAP, from India. This observational study was designed to study the role of EUS after the first episode of IAP.

methodsAll patients diagnosed to have first episode of IAP were included in the study and taken up for EUS examination after 6 weeks. Patients with conditions known to predispose or precipitate AP, like alcohol binge, drugs, metabolic or autoimmune conditions, or even a positive family history, were excluded from the study.

resultA total of 51 patients were included. EUS positivity was found in 29 (56.9 %) patients. It included common bile duct (CBD) calculus in 5 (9.8 %), CBD sludge in 4 (7.8 %), gallbladder calculus in 2 (3.9 %), gallbladder sludge in 2 (3.9 %), and chronic pancreatitis (CP) in 16 (31.4 %) patients. Fourteen patients had a normal study and eight patients had indeterminate CP.

conclusionsEUS is safe and has a reasonable diagnostic yield in patients with first episode of IAP. CP and biliary lithiasis are the most frequent positive findings on EUS. EUS should be included in the diagnostic protocol after the first episode of IAP, rather than waiting for recurrent episodes.

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