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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(10): E1441-E1447
DOI: 10.1055/a-1233-1849
Original article

EUS is superior to secretin-enhanced cholangio-MRI to establish the etiology of idiopathic acute pancreatitis

Authors

  • Juan J. Vila

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • F. Javier Jiménez Mendioroz

    2   Digestive Radiology Unit, Radiology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Paul Yeaton

    3   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Virginia, United States
  • Iñaki Fernández-Urién

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • José Luis García Sanchotena

    2   Digestive Radiology Unit, Radiology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Silvia Goñi

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Marta Gómez Alonso

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Juan Carrascosa

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Ana Borda

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Carlos Prieto

    4   Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Jesús Urman

    4   Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • José M Zozaya

    1   Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
    4   Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases Unit, Gastroenterology Dpt, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Abstract

Background and study aims The etiology of idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP) should always be defined. Our aim was to compare the diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) versus secretin-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (S-MRCP) in patients with IAP.

Patients and Methods Patients admitted to a single tertiary care University hospital with IAP were invited to participate in the study. Enrolled patients underwent EUS and S-MRCP in a single-blinded comparative study. EUS and S-MRCP were performed no sooner than 4 weeks after discharge. The diagnostic yield of EUS and S-MRCP and demographic variables were included in the analysis. Additional follow-up, results of subsequent serology, radiographic exams, and relevant histological analysis were considered in determination of the final diagnosis.

Results A total of 34 patients were enrolled; EUS was normal in six, cholelithiasis was defined in 15, choledocholithiasis in two, pancreas divisum in three, branch-type intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) in three, and chronic pancreatitis in five. S-MRCP identified choledocholithiasis in one, divisum in four, branch-type IPMT in three, chronic pancreatitis in two; 24 subjects diagnosed as normal by S-MRCP. Diagnostic correlation between EUS and S-MRCP was slight (kappa = 0.236, 95 % confidence interval: 0.055–0.416). EUS provided a statistically significantly higher diagnostic yield than S-MRCP: 79.4 % (CI95 %: 65 %–94 %) vs 29.4 % (CI95 %: 13 %–46 %) (P = 0.0002). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of EUS and S-MRCP were 90 %, 80 %, 96 %, 57 % and 33 %, 100 %, 100 % and 16 %, respectively.

Conclusion The diagnostic yield of EUS is higher than S-MRCP in patients with IAP.



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 29. November 2019

Angenommen: 08. Juli 2020

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
07. Oktober 2020

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