Role of computed tomography in diagnosis, follow-up, and minimally invasive treatment of acute pancreatitis

Background Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas with variable involvement of other regional tissues or remote organ systems. It has a mild, self-limiting course in 80% of patients who recover without complications. The remaining patients have a severe disease with local and systemic complications, and this disease carries a mortality risk of 10–24%. Objective To examine the role of computed tomography (CT) in diagnosis,...