| 3.) What diagnostic tests are needed?
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Diagnostic tests:
- Laboratory: Liver function tests, amylase, lipase, CBC and platelets, glucose
- Plain X-ray of abdomen: pancreatic calcifications seen in 30-50% of patients with chronic pancreatitis.
- Ultrasound examination: detect gallstones or bile duct dilatation; look for a pancreatic mass
- CT scan: pancreatic calcifications; pancreatic mass; pancreatic duct dilatation; splenic vein thrombosis; varices in gastrosplenic ligament.
- ERCP - useful in diagnosis and staging of chronic pancreatitis
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