During a median follow-up of 18 months, 22 of the 32 patients with abnormal EUS and normal ERP underwent repeat ERP because of recurrent symptoms. All 22 developed chronic pancreatitis changes ...
Based on the severe inflammatory infiltration of the pancreas, we made a diagnosis of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (Fig ... we saw a chronic, non-suppurative, mixed mononuclear response ...
Hereditary pancreatitis has taught us that acute and chronic pancreatitis are not independent disorders, but are often linked. Indeed, acute pancreatitis should be thought of as an event ...