Chronic pancreatitis

Case contributed by Mansi S , 13 Feb 2023
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 22 Mar 2023
Disclosures - updated 16 Jan 2023:
  • Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
  • Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

Updates to Case Attributes

Status changed from pending review to published (public).
Published At was set to 2023-03-22T08:22:59.859Z.
Presentation was changed:
Recurrent abdominal pain fromfor 3 years.
Body was changed:

Chronic pancreatitis represents the end result of a continuous, prolonged, inflammatory, and fibrosing process that affects the pancreas. This results in irreversible morphologic changes and permanent endocrine and exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. Cambridge classification system is based on the status of the main pancreatic duct (PD) and the presence of side branchesbranch abnormalities.

  • -<p><strong>Chronic pancreatitis</strong> represents the end result of a continuous, prolonged, inflammatory, and fibrosing process that affects the pancreas. This results in irreversible morphologic changes and permanent endocrine and exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. Cambridge classification system is based on the status of the main pancreatic duct (PD) and the presence of side branches abnormalities.</p>
  • +<p><a href="/articles/chronic-pancreatitis-2" title="Chronic pancreatitis">Chronic pancreatitis</a> represents the end result of a continuous, prolonged, inflammatory, and fibrosing process that affects the pancreas. This results in irreversible morphologic changes and permanent endocrine and exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. Cambridge classification system is based on the status of the main pancreatic duct (PD) and the presence of side branch abnormalities.</p>

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