Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound and CECT abdomen and pelvis in acute pancreatitis and reflection over its management

Jitendra Narayan Senapati; Debasis Samal; Sona Khan; Rakesh Mondal

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound and CECT abdomen and pelvis in acute pancreatitis and reflection over its management

Jitendra Narayan Senapati, Debasis Samal, Sona Khan, Rakesh Mondal

Abstract :

Acute pancreatitis has a highly variable clinical course which is a very common condition. The management of acute pancreatitis patients from diagnosis to treatment is mainly dependent in a radiologist who plays a vital role in the diagnosis and staging to identification and treatment of complications, as well as in determining the underlying aetiology. The aim of this article is (i) to find out the diagnostic accuracy of Ultrasound and Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography (CECT) of abdomen and pelvis in acute pancreatitis by the appearances of the various stages of pancreatitis, the evidence for the use of staging classifications and the associated complications. (ii) To manage the cases according to the reflection of the techniques. In this study which found CECT abdomen has better accuracy than the ultrasound, but due to cost effectiveness of ultrasound, it is considered as first line of diagnostic technique in our set up.