Early Chronic Pancreatitis Findings on EUS are Associated with Pancreatic Fibrosis, Chronic Inflammation, and Atrophy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm, pancreatic ductal carcinoma in body/tail of the pancreas, and distal cholangiocarcinoma
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000045497
- Lead Sponsor
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up continuing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 221
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patients who have requested not to participate in this study based on public information. 2) Patients whose pathology specimens do not contain evaluable pancreatic tissue. 3) Patients deemed inappropriate by the principal investigator.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Our primary hypothesis testing evaluated the statistical association between EUS findings (hyperechoic foci/stranding or lobularity) and histology (pancreatic fibrosis, inflammation, or atrophy).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method