METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE CASES OF PANCREATITIS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves acting upon pancreas with pancreatic secretion stimulants to obtain duodenal aspirate. Crystallization accelerator like 1-10% sodium hydrocarbonate solution is added and the preparation is subjected to optical polarization study. One or several of the following morphologic types being found in the preparation like branching dendrites with plate-shaped branches, spherolytes with diameter equal to or greater than 200 mcm, spherodendrites with diameter equal to or greater than 200 mcm and their transition forms, pancreatitis is to be diagnosed. EFFECT: high accuracy of diagnosis. 1 tbl