Chronic pancreatitis: diagnosis and treatment.

ترومبوز ورید طحالی ناشی از پانکراتیت مزمن: گزارش یک مورد و بررسی متون

Background: Chronic pancreatitis and perivasculitis is the most common etiology of splenic vein thrombosis (SVT). Reported in up to 45% of patients with chronic pancreatitis, SVT may also be seen in patients with acute pancreatitis and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. It causes a localized portal hypertension called sinistral portal hypertension. Unlike those with generalized portal hypertension, pat...

Effectiveness of Single-Port Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy in Controlling Pain in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis

Introduction: Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a persistent pancreatic inflammatory disease. In chronic pancreatitis, recurrent episodes of inflammation lead to the replacement of pancreatic parenchyma with fibrotic connective tissue. Chronic pancreatitis pain, which may initially mimic acute pancreatitis, is severe, frequent, and continual and has a major impact on the quality of life and so...

Pancreatitis in pregnancy

Abstract: Background and Aim: Prolonged use of tetracyclines, thiazides and steroids should be used during pregnancy. A differential diagnosis of pancreatitis should also be made in pregnant patients suffering from epigastric pain. This article aims to diagnose and treat pancreatitis during pregnancy and provides ideas for reducing mortality and adverse effects in mother and fetus.   Case Repo...

Haemosuccus Pancreaticus in Chronic Pancreatitis — Diagnosis and Treatment

Obstructive chronic pancreatitis and/or intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs): a 21-year long case report.

CONTEXT Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMNs), usually present with a picture of chronic pancreatitis and must be considered within the differential diagnosis of this condition. CASE REPORT We report a long history of a 58-year-old male who presented with recurrent attacks of pancreatitis. He was treated for chronic pancreatitis until the age of 78 when the diagnosi...

Embolisation of gastroduodenal artery aneurysm caused by chronic pancreatitis.

Chronic pancreatitis is known to cause vascular lesions, which produce gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Visceral vessel aneurysms are an unexpectedly common finding in arteriograms of patients with chronic pancreatitis. Gastrointestinal bleeding from these aneurysms carries a high mortality, making early diagnosis and treatment essential. Coeliac and mesenteric arteriography readily confirm the di...