Recurrent Pancreatitis

Recurrent Pancreatitis

The nosological definition of inflammatory pancreatic diseases appears rather difficult and uncertain, as proved by the great number of classifications which have been proposed in the last few decades, showing that the definition and classification of this disease is still under critical review. The reason is the reduced availability or, in the majority of the cases, the absence of histological...

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: A Diagnostic Clue to Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Recurrent acute pancreatitis.

Recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) is commonly encountered, but less commonly understood clinical entity, especially idiopathic RAP, with propensity to lead to repeated attacks and may be chronic pancreatitis if attacks continue to recur. A great number of studies have been published on acute pancreatitis, but few have focused on RAP. Analysing the results of clinical studies focusing specifica...

Recurrent acute pancreatitis. Introduction.

Isoniazid-induced recurrent pancreatitis.

CONTEXT Drug induced pancreatitis are rare but potentially serious. Thus, drug withdrawal is warranted. CASE REPORT A 79-year-old woman who was treated with antituberculosis therapy for 5 weeks was admitted to our unit for pancreatitis. Usual etiologies of pancreatitis were eliminated. Because of vomiting, antituberculosis therapy was withdrawn and symptoms disappeared. Eight days later, the ...