Various investigators believe that alcoholic chronic pancreatitis is the result of recurrent episodes of acute necrotic pancreatitis. The aim of this work is to study pancreatic histology in early stages of the disease to search for evidence of these acute episodes. This study shows that, in the early stages of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, signs of acute necrotic pancreatitis are very infrequent and, when present, they are associated with chronic lesions. These findings suggest that alcoholic pancreatitis begins as a chronic disease.
A search for acute necrotic pancreatitis in early stages of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis / Gullo L.;Casadei R.;Migliori M.;Manca M.;Bastagli L.;Pezzilli R.;Santini D.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY. - ISSN 0192-0790. - STAMPA. - 40:5(2006), pp. 435-439. [10.1097/00004836-200605000-00014]
A search for acute necrotic pancreatitis in early stages of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis
GULLO, LUCIO;CASADEI, RICCARDO;MIGLIORI, MARINA;MANCA, MARCO;BASTAGLI, LUCIANA;SANTINI, DONATELLA
2006
Abstract
Various investigators believe that alcoholic chronic pancreatitis is the result of recurrent episodes of acute necrotic pancreatitis. The aim of this work is to study pancreatic histology in early stages of the disease to search for evidence of these acute episodes. This study shows that, in the early stages of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, signs of acute necrotic pancreatitis are very infrequent and, when present, they are associated with chronic lesions. These findings suggest that alcoholic pancreatitis begins as a chronic disease.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
