AP	Acute pancreatitis
AIP	Autoimmune pancreatitis
CA19-9	Serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9
CEA	Carcinoembryonic antigen
CEH-EUS	Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound
CP	Chronic pancreatitis
CT	Computed tomography
DM	Diabetes mellitus
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DPPHR	Duodenal-preserving pancreatic head resection
DWI-MRI	Diffusion-Weighted Imaging–Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ERCP	Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
EUS	Endoscopic ultrasound
FAP	Familial adenomatous polyps
18F-FDG	2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose
FNA	Fine-needle aspiration
FNB	Fine-needle biopsy
HBROCS	Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome
HoP Head of pancreas
HP	Hereditary pancreatitis
HSP	Heat shock protein 70
IgG4	Immunoglobulin G4
MDCT	Multi-detector computed tomography
MIC-1	Macrophage inhibitor cytokine
MMP-9	Matrix metalloproteinase 9
MRCP	Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
PAP	Progressive acute pancreatitis
PC	Pancreatic cancer
PD	Pancreatico-duodenectomy
PDAC	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PET	Positron emission tomography
PHM	Peripancreatic hypoechoic margins
PRISMA-ScR	Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for scoping review
RAP	Recurrent acute pancreatitis
αSMA	α-smooth muscle actin
SUVmax	Maximum standardised uptake value
TAUS	Transabdominal ultrasound
TGF-1	Transforming growth factor-Beta 1
TIC	Time–intensity curves
TIMP 1	Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1
uPAR	Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor