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Review
. 2015 Jul;205(1):W32-41.
doi: 10.2214/AJR.14.14056.

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

Ken Zhao  1 , Sharon Z Adam  1 , Rajesh N Keswani  2 , Jeanne M Horowitz  1 , Frank H Miller  1
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Acute Pancreatitis: Revised Atlanta Classification and the Role of Cross-Sectional Imaging

Ken Zhao et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: 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.

Conclusion: 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.

Keywords: Atlanta classification; acute pancreatitis; imaging; necrosis; pseudocyst.

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