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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Dec 30;166(4):890–896.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.11.019

Table 4.

Diagnostic modalities for diagnosis of CP

	n (%) ^*
Modalities used to establish diagnosis
Clinical suspicion (i.e. abdominal pain, + prolonged elevation of lipase >30 days)	15 (20%)
ERCP	36 (47%)
CT scan	13 (17%)
MRCP and/or MRI	43 (57%)
EUS	8 (11%)
Abdominal ultrasound	18 (24%)
Surgery	1 (1%)
Histology	2 (3%)
First imaging evidence of CP
Calcifications	9 (12%)
Pancreatic ductal stricture	16 (21%)
Pancreatic ductal dilation	46 (61%)
Pancreatic ductal irregularity	36 (47%)
Pseudocysts	6 (8%)
Pancreatic atrophy	16 (21%)
Other	6 (8%)

Total is greater than 100% as children may have more than one feature of CP on imaging and more than one imaging method used to make the diagnosis. CP, chronic pancreatitis; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; CT, computed tomography; MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; EUS, endoscopic ultrasonography.