作者: Adrian C. Bateman , W. Martin Howell
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-85233-904-3_25
关键词: Autoimmune pancreatitis 、 Pancreatitis 、 Diabetes mellitus 、 Hereditary pancreatitis 、 Gastroenterology 、 Coeliac disease 、 Abdominal pain 、 Genetic predisposition 、 Internal medicine 、 Malabsorption 、 Medicine
摘要: Chronic pancreatitis is characterised clinically by severe abdominal pain together with malabsorption and, in advanced disease, diabetes mellitus. The triggering event cannot be determined every case. However, chronic excess alcohol consumption the most common aetiological factor other cases occurring due to pancreatic duct occlusion, an inherited genetic predisposition (hereditary pancreatitis) or autoimmune pancreatitis.