Tests that can establish the etiology of an attack of acute pancreatitis include endoscopic ultrasound, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ...

Peripancreatic adipocyte necrosis is characteristic of severe acute pancreatitis, and is thought to trigger adipocytokine release. Schäffler et al., therefore, evaluated serum levels of three ...