Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis: a structured state-of-the-art review.
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is diagnosed by integrating clinical probability, structural imaging and, when required, pancreatic function. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is proposed as a first-line investigation in selected patients evaluated in expert centers when the principal question is early or minimal-change CP in a hi...