Extra Pancreatic Necrotic Volume: Can It Prognosticate Acute Necrotising Pancreatitis— A Prospective Study

PANCREATIC DISEASE Pancreatic stellate cells contribute to regeneration early after acute necrotising pancreatitis in humans

Background and aim: The aim of this study was to systematically analyse the pattern of regeneration in human acute pancreatitis by testing whether pancreatic stellate cells, their myofibroblastic offspring, and pancreatic ductules are involved in the regenerative process. Patients and methods: Between January 1994 and November 2000, 24 necrosectomy specimens containing vital tissue were obtaine...

Pancreatic Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis

Clinical pathology of acute necrotising pancreatitis.

Seventy nine pancreatic specimens were obtained from patients treated with pancreatic resection for acute necrotising pancreatitis. The necrotising process had started in the periphery of the gland, so that eight of seventy nine cases contained peripancreatic (mainly fat) necrosis only without any parenchymal necrosis. Peripheral parenchymal necrosis was characterised by a severe inflammatory r...

Can serum procalcitonin measurement help monitor the treatment of acute bacterial meningitis? A prospective study

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker of bacterial infection, as well as the rapid decrease in its concentration with appropriate antibiotic treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the variation in serum PCT levels over time during the treatment of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in adults. Methods: In this prospective analy...

Pancreatic head mass: how can we treat it? Acute pancreatitis: conservative treatment.

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas that often carries a complicated and severely life-threatening course and still remains a demanding and dreadful disease for both patients and clinicians. Over the last few years, changes in the understanding of the patho-physiologic factors, combined with recent technologic advances, have fortunately led to improvements in the ...