Acute Pancreatitis: Revised Atlanta Classification and the Role of Cross-Sectional Imaging.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: The 2012 revision of the Atlanta Classification emphasizes accurate characterization of collections that complicate acute pancreatitis acute peripancreatic fluid collections, pseudocysts, acute necrotic collections, and walled-off necroses. As a result, the role of imaging in the management of acute pancreatitis has substantially increased. CONCLUSION: This article reviews the imaging findings associated with acute pancreatitis and its complications on cross-sectional imaging and discusses the role of imaging in light of this revision.