Pancreas and Biliary Disease

1. Elevated Amylase and Lipase: Physiology Including Non-pancreatitis related Elevations
Brian Rajca, Nalini M. Guda

Part 1. Clinical Scenario: Abdominal Pain With or Without Elevated Amylase and Lipase

2. Acute Pancreatitis
Raghuwansh P. Sah, Santhi Swaroop Vege

3. Chronic Pancreatitis
Rupjyoti Talukdar, D. Nageshwar Reddy

4. Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis
Venkata N. Muddana, Nalini M. Guda

5. Steroid-Responsive Chronic Pancreatitides: Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Idiopathic Duct-Centric Chronic Pancreatitis
Nicolo’ de Pretis, Yan Bi, Saurabh Mukewar, Suresh Chari

Part 2. Clinical Scenario: Painless Jaundice/Unintentional Weight Loss

6. Pancreas Adenocarcinoma and Ampullary Cancer
Chad Barnes, Kathleen K. Christians, Douglas B. Evans, Susan Tsai

Part 3. Clinical Scenario: Incidental Finding on CT/Dizziness/Secretary Diarrhea/Skin Rash

7. Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
George Younan, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans, Kathleen K. Christians

Part 4. Clinical Scenario: Incidental Finding on CT

8. Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas
Omer Basar, William R. Brugge

9. Bile Duct and Pancreas: Brief Anatomy, Investigations Used
Abdul H. Khan

Part 5. Clinical Scenario: Pain/Fever/Jaundice

10. Gallstone Disease
Travis P. Webb

11. Choledocholithiasis Including Acute Cholangitis
Srinivas Gaddam, Simon Lo

12. Benign Biliary Strictures
Sheeva K. Parbhu, Douglas G. Adler

13. Point-of-Care Clinical Guide: Cholangiocarcinoma
Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Nicholas G. Berger, T. Clark Gamblin

14. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
José Franco

Part 6. Clinical Scenario: Painless Jaundice

15. Point-of-Care Clinical Guide: Gallbladder Cancer
Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Natesh Shivakumar, T. Clark Gamblin

Part 7. Clinical Scenario: “Biliary” Pain With or Without Intermittent Elevation of LFTs/Lipase

16. Motility Disorders
Jennifer A. Cahill, Walter J. Hogan

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Gastroenterology, Hepatology