Chronic Pancreatitis in England: A Changing Picture?

A total of 107 patients with chronic pancreatitis from the London area seen between 1968 and 1973 have been reviewed; they comprised 30 with calcific pancreatitis and 77 with chronic or chronic relapsing pancreatitis without calcification. The commonest clinical features were pain, diabetes, malabso...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1974-04, Vol.2 (5909), p.34-38
Hauptverfasser:	James, Oliver, Agnew, J. E., Bouchier, Ian A. D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic pancreatitis Alcoholism Alcoholism - complications Calcinosis - complications Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging Cholelithiasis - complications Chronic Disease Chronic diseases Chronic pancreatitis Diabetes Diabetes Complications England Etiology Female Gastroenterology Humans Male Medical Practice Middle Aged Ocassional Survey Pancreatic diseases Pancreatitis - complications Pancreatitis - diagnostic imaging Pancreatitis - epidemiology Pancreatitis - etiology Pancreatitis - physiopathology Peptic Ulcer - complications Radiography Symptoms
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Zusammenfassung:	A total of 107 patients with chronic pancreatitis from the London area seen between 1968 and 1973 have been reviewed; they comprised 30 with calcific pancreatitis and 77 with chronic or chronic relapsing pancreatitis without calcification. The commonest clinical features were pain, diabetes, malabsorption, and peptic ulcer. Alcohol was a probable aetiology in nearly half the cases, a different finding from those of previous surveys and possibly associated with the increased consumption of alcohol in England in the last 20 years.
ISSN:	0007-1447 0959-8138 1468-5833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.2.5909.34