Main description:

This book offers a comprehensive, case-based approach to the full range of pancreatic diseases - filled with color illustrations and radiographs. Pancreatic Disease: A Case Approach surveys more than 100 common and challenging cases across the full spectrum of pancreatic diseases. Each case includes 10-12 state-of-the-art radiographs and endoscopic images, along with concise text that highlights the preferred diagnostic and treatment approach. Going beyond the scope of a teaching file, this essential clinical compendium provides narrative guidance on pancreatic disease principles and practice based on insights from real-world presentations. Featuring an eye-catching full-color format, algorithms for treatment decision-making, and the editorship of the highly regarded Brigham and Women's Hospital Pancreatic Center, this new text will help enhance your care of patients with pancreatic diseases. Covers all common and challenging pancreatic diseases, acute and chronic. This authoritative coverage allows readers to approach key concepts the way they actually arise in clinical practice.

Contents:

Anatomical Anomalies Cases: 1. pancreas divisum 2. dorsal dominant duct syndrome 3. annular pancreas 4. ectopic pancreas Acute Pancreatitis Cases: 1. acute interstitial pancreatits 2. acute necrotizing pancreatitis sterile 3. acute necrtotizing pancreatitis infected 4. extrapancreatic necrosis 5. acute pancreatitis endoscopic necrosectomy 6. acute pancreatitis percutaneous necrosectomy 7. acute necrotizing pancreatitis surgery 8. acute pancreatitis pseudocyst 9. acute pancreatitis vascular complications Chronic Pancreatitis Cases: 1. chronic calcifying pancreatits 2. autoimmune pancreatitis focal 3. autoimmune pancreatitis diffuse 4. groove pancreatitis 5. cystic dystrophy of the duodenal wall 6. panc ca complication chronic pancreatitis 7. early chronic pancreatitis Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas Cases: 1. ipmn side branch 2. ipmn main duct 3. ipmn combined duct 4. serous microcystic adenoma 5. serous macrocystic adenoma 6. benign mucinous cystic tumor 7. malignant mucinous cystic tumor 8. SPEN 9. cystic endocrine tumor 10. cystic panc adenoca 11. lymphangioma 12. lymphoepithelial cyst 13. pancreatic sarcoma 14. VHL Solid Neoplasms of the Pancreas Cases: 1. panc adenoca head reseactable 2. panc adenoca tail reseactable 3. unresectable panc adenoca 4. pancreatic metastasis 5. panc endocrine tumor syndromic 6. panc endocrine tumor non-syndromic 7. panc acinar cell carcinoma 8. solitary fibrous tumor 9. pancreatic PEComa Miscellaneous Diseases of the Pancreas Cases: 1. cystic fibrosis 2. swachman diamond syndrome