Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 82-85, November 1975

Combined endoscopic pancreatic fluid collection and retrograde pancreatography in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis

Sections of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical School and Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This investigation was supported in part by the Michigan Association for Regional Medical Programs

By endoscopic cannulation of the main pancreatic duct, the authors evaluated analysis of pancreatic fluid aspirates and pancreatography in 22 patients with chronic pancreatitis, 8 patients with pancreatic carcinoma, and 18 subjects without pancreatic disease. An important determination was the CEA content of pancreatic fluid. This combined endoscopic approach gives promise of reliably distinguishing between inflammatory and neoplastic disease in the pancreas and also yielding a diagnosis of relatively early pancreatic carcinoma.

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PII: S0016-5107(75)73707-0

doi:10.1016/S0016-5107(75)73707-0

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 82-85, November 1975

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