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Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain
Alcoholic pancreatitis continues to stir up controversy. One of the most debated points is whether from onset it is a chronic disease or whether it progresses to a chronic form after repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis. Histological studies on patients with alcoholic pancreatitis have shown that...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6112763 |
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author | Pezzilli, Raffaele Morselli-Labate, Antonio M. |
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description | Alcoholic pancreatitis continues to stir up controversy. One of the most debated points is whether from onset it is a chronic disease or whether it progresses to a chronic form after repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis. Histological studies on patients with alcoholic pancreatitis have shown that the disease is chronic from onset and that alcoholic acute pancreatitis occurs in a pancreas already damaged by chronic lesions. Genetic factors may also play a role in the pathogenesis of alcoholic disease. The incidence of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis seems to have decreased in the last twenty years. Finally, recent therapeutic studies which have shown medical or surgical approaches capable of reducing the pain episodes in chronic pancreatitis patients will be described. |
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spelling | pubmed-28000612010-01-04 Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain Pezzilli, Raffaele Morselli-Labate, Antonio M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Alcoholic pancreatitis continues to stir up controversy. One of the most debated points is whether from onset it is a chronic disease or whether it progresses to a chronic form after repeated episodes of acute pancreatitis. Histological studies on patients with alcoholic pancreatitis have shown that the disease is chronic from onset and that alcoholic acute pancreatitis occurs in a pancreas already damaged by chronic lesions. Genetic factors may also play a role in the pathogenesis of alcoholic disease. The incidence of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis seems to have decreased in the last twenty years. Finally, recent therapeutic studies which have shown medical or surgical approaches capable of reducing the pain episodes in chronic pancreatitis patients will be described. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-11 2009-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2800061/ /pubmed/20049222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6112763 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Pezzilli, Raffaele Morselli-Labate, Antonio M. Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain |
title | Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain |
title_full | Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain |
title_fullStr | Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain |
title_full_unstemmed | Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain |
title_short | Alcoholic Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Incidence and Treatment with Special Reference to the Associated Pain |
title_sort | alcoholic pancreatitis: pathogenesis, incidence and treatment with special reference to the associated pain |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2800061/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6112763 |
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