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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2014; 20(45): 16891-16901
Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16891
Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16891
Acute recurrent pancreatitis: Etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
Pier Alberto Testoni, Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy
Author contributions: Testoni PA contributed to the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Pier Alberto Testoni, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy. testoni.pieralberto@hsr.it
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Received: May 15, 2014
Revised: June 19, 2014
Accepted: September 18, 2014
Published online: December 7, 2014
Revised: June 19, 2014
Accepted: September 18, 2014
Published online: December 7, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Acute recurrent pancreatitis still represents a challenging disease. In the recent years a significant improvement has been achieved in the knowledge of aetiopathogenesis and factors involved in the occurrence of disease because of advanced diagnostic tools as magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography with secretin test, endoscopic ultrasonography and botulin toxin injection of sphinc ter of oddi. The review reports an updated diagnostic and therapeutic flow-chart flow-chart, and recent data on clinical outcomes.