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Digestive System Diseases > Pancreatic Diseases > Pancreatitis

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Pancreatitis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acute Edematous Pancreatitides
  • Edema, Pancreatic Parenchymal
  • Edematous Pancreatitides, Acute
  • Edematous Pancreatitis, Acute
  • Fat Necrosis, Peripancreatic
  • Necrosis, Peripancreatic Fat
  • Pancreatic Parenchymal Edema
  • Pancreatic Parenchymal Edemas
  • Pancreatitides, Acute Edematous
  • Pancreatitis, Acute
  • Pancreatitis, Acute Edematous
  • Parenchymal Edema, Pancreatic
  • Peripancreatic Fat Necroses
  • Peripancreatic Fat Necrosis

Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis.

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