• Ruedi F Thoeni.
• Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, Medical School, PO Box 2829, San Francisco, CA 94126-2829, USA. Electronic address: remo148@yahoo.com.
• Radiol. Clin. North Am. 2015 Nov 1; 53 (6): 1189-208.

AbstractAcute pancreatitis is an acute inflammation of the pancreas. Several classification systems have been used in the past but were considered unsatisfactory. A revised Atlanta classification of acute pancreatitis was published that assessed the clinical course and severity of disease; divided acute pancreatitis into interstitial edematous pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis; discerned an early phase (first week) from a late phase (after the first week); and focused on systemic inflammatory response syndrome and organ failure. This article focuses on the revised classification of acute pancreatitis, with emphasis on imaging features, particularly on newly-termed fluid collections and implications for the radiologist. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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