Pancreas and Biliary Tract
Conference Coverage
Causes of recurrent pediatric pancreatitis start to emerge
MONTREAL – Once children have a first bout of acute pancreatitis, a second, separate episode of acute pancreatitis most often occurs in patients...
Conference Coverage
Biomarker identifies precancerous pancreatic cysts
LAS VEGAS - In fluid derived from pancreatic cysts, methylated DNA markers predict the presence of high-grade dysplasia or cancer, and could help...
From the Journals
Young patients suffer most from PBC
There is a linear relationship between age and quality of life (QoL) in patients with primary biliary cholangitis, with younger presenting...
Conference Coverage
Pancreaticobiliary potpourri
The session at the annual Digestive Disease Week entitled Pancreaticobiliary Potpourri encompassed three lectures. Suresh Chari, MD, from Mayo...
News
Two incretin-based drugs linked to increased bile duct disease but not pancreatitis
Glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists do not appear to increase the risk of acute pancreatitis in individuals with diabetes but are associated with an...
From the AGA Journals
Rectal indomethacin cut odds of post-ERCP pancreatitis in real-world study
A single, 100-mg rectal dose of indomethacin cut the odds of moderate to severe pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography...
From the AGA Journals
Inhibiting integrin-mediated activation might help treat, reverse chronic pancreatitis
Integrins that bind arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) activated stellate cells in the pancreas, inducing pancreatic fibrogenesis in mice,...
Conference Coverage
Persistent SIRS, leukocytosis linked to unrecognized necrotizing pancreatitis
Patients who have persistent leukocytosis or persistent systemic inflammatory response syndrome on the day of scheduled cholecystectomy may have...
News
Surveillance finds pancreatic ductal carcinoma in situ at resectable stage
Key clinical point: Surveillance of high-risk individuals was relatively successful in detecting pancreatic ductal carcinoma in situ (PDAC) at a...
From the AGA Journals
VIDEO: Newer MRI hardware, software significantly better at detecting pancreatic cysts
Advances in MRI technology over the last decade have substantially improved the ability of health care providers to detect incidental pancreatic...