- 1 On being a patient
- 2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations
- 3 Global patterns of disease and medical practice
- 4 Cell biology
- 5 Immunological mechanisms
- 6 Principles of clinical oncology
- 7 Infection
- 8 Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health
- 9 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
- 10 Clinical pharmacology
- 11 Nutrition
- 12 Metabolic disorders
- 13 Endocrine disorders
- 14 Medical disorders in pregnancy
- 15 Gastroenterological disorders
- 15.1 Structure and function of the gut
- 15.2 Symptomatology of gastrointestinal disease
- 15.3 Methods for investigation of gastrointestinal disease
- 15.4 Common acute abdominal presentations
- 15.5 Immune disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.6 The mouth and salivary glands
- 15.7 Diseases of the oesophagus
- 15.8 Peptic ulcer disease
- 15.9 Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.10 Malabsorption
- 15.11 Crohn’s disease
- 15.12 Ulcerative colitis
- 15.13 Irritable bowel syndrome and functional bowel disorders
- 15.14 Colonic diverticular disease
- 15.15 Congenital abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.16 Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.17 Vascular and collagen disorders
- 15.18 Gastrointestinal infections
- 15.19 Structure and function of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas
- 15.20 Jaundice
- 15.21 Hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease
- 15.22 Other disorders of the liver
- 15.23 Diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tree
- 15.24 Diseases of the pancreas
- 15.24.1 Acute pancreatitis
- 15.24.2 Chronic pancreatitis
- 15.24.3 Tumours of the pancreas
- 15.25 Congenital disorders of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas
- 15.26 Miscellaneous disorders of the bowel and liver
- 16 Cardiovascular disorders
- 17 Critical care medicine
- 18 Respiratory disorders
- 19 Rheumatological disorders
- 20 Disorders of the skeleton
- 21 Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract
- 22 Disorders of the blood
- 23 Disorders of the skin
- 24 Neurological disorders
- 25 The eye
- 26 Psychiatry and drug related problems
- 27 Forensic medicine
- 28 Sports medicine
- 29 Geratology
- 30 Pain
- 31 Palliative medicine
- 32 Biochemistry in medicine
- 33 Acute medicine
Chronic pancreatitis
- Chapter:
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Author(s):
Richard A. Schatz
and Phillip P. Toskes
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199204854.003.152402_update_003
Update:
Management – expanded discussion of endoscopic procedures for refractory pain, main pancreatic and bile duct strictures, main pancreatic duct stones, and coeliac plexus block / neurolysis.
Chronic pancreatitis is most commonly due to chronic alcoholism in adults and cystic fibrosis in children, but there are many other causes/associations. Typical presentation is with (1) abdominal pain—but this is not always a feature and when present can vary from being mild to extremely severe; and/or (2) maldigestion—diarrhoea/steatorrhoea and weight loss....
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- 1 On being a patient
- 2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations
- 3 Global patterns of disease and medical practice
- 4 Cell biology
- 5 Immunological mechanisms
- 6 Principles of clinical oncology
- 7 Infection
- 8 Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health
- 9 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
- 10 Clinical pharmacology
- 11 Nutrition
- 12 Metabolic disorders
- 13 Endocrine disorders
- 14 Medical disorders in pregnancy
- 15 Gastroenterological disorders
- 15.1 Structure and function of the gut
- 15.2 Symptomatology of gastrointestinal disease
- 15.3 Methods for investigation of gastrointestinal disease
- 15.4 Common acute abdominal presentations
- 15.5 Immune disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.6 The mouth and salivary glands
- 15.7 Diseases of the oesophagus
- 15.8 Peptic ulcer disease
- 15.9 Hormones and the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.10 Malabsorption
- 15.11 Crohn’s disease
- 15.12 Ulcerative colitis
- 15.13 Irritable bowel syndrome and functional bowel disorders
- 15.14 Colonic diverticular disease
- 15.15 Congenital abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.16 Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract
- 15.17 Vascular and collagen disorders
- 15.18 Gastrointestinal infections
- 15.19 Structure and function of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas
- 15.20 Jaundice
- 15.21 Hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease
- 15.22 Other disorders of the liver
- 15.23 Diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tree
- 15.24 Diseases of the pancreas
- 15.24.1 Acute pancreatitis
- 15.24.2 Chronic pancreatitis
- 15.24.3 Tumours of the pancreas
- 15.25 Congenital disorders of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas
- 15.26 Miscellaneous disorders of the bowel and liver
- 16 Cardiovascular disorders
- 17 Critical care medicine
- 18 Respiratory disorders
- 19 Rheumatological disorders
- 20 Disorders of the skeleton
- 21 Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract
- 22 Disorders of the blood
- 23 Disorders of the skin
- 24 Neurological disorders
- 25 The eye
- 26 Psychiatry and drug related problems
- 27 Forensic medicine
- 28 Sports medicine
- 29 Geratology
- 30 Pain
- 31 Palliative medicine
- 32 Biochemistry in medicine
- 33 Acute medicine