"A decade of diagnostic efforts in pancreatic diseases (1985-1995)" The diagnostic access to the pancreas was revolutionized two decades ago by the advent of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography, ultrasound, and com puted tomography. The "hidden" organ was made visible by these diagnostic milestones. In a process of slow but continuous evolution, these imaging tech niques have been further refined and complemented by nuclear magnetic reso nance imaging, and together they provide the standards on which therapeutic decisions depend. Progress has also been made in the functional assessment of...