Balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices in two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis [PDF]
, 2014 This report describes two non-cirrhotic patients with portal vein thrombosis who underwent successful balloon occlusion retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of gastric varices with a satisfactory response and no complications.
Borghei, Peyman +2 more
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Pancreatic tumors imaging: an update [PDF]
, 2016 Currently, ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) represent the mainstay in the evaluation of pancreatic solid and cystic tumors affecting pancreas in 80-85% and 10-15% of the cases respectively. Integration of US,
Baccari, Paolo +8 more
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Hereditary pancreatitis in children: surgical implications with special regard to genetic background. [PDF]
, 2009 PURPOSE: Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is the primary etiology of chronic pancreatitis during childhood, progressing through recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis and finally leading to pancreatic insufficiencies.
A. David +6 more
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Clinical Diagnosis of Familial Hypertriglyceridemia-induced Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis at Rural Outreach Outpatient Department: a Case Report [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ MedicinasyAcute pancreatitis is a common condition with significant morbidity and mortality. After gallstones and alcohol, hypertriglyceridemia is another important cause of recurrent acute pancreatitis.
Swasti Pathak +7 more
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Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2019 Drug-induced pancreatitis is reported as one of the less common causes of acute pancreatitis. Many drugs such as sulfonamides, estrogens, tetracyclines, valproic acid, antiretroviral drugs, some chemotherapy drugs such as azathioprine, and 6 MP are known
Vishal Kulkarni +5 more
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Institutional Outcomes following Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation in Children [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is used to treat debilitating chronic pancreatitis (CP) and acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) that has failed medical and endoscopic therapy.
Sekoulopoulos, Stephen P
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Staging chronic pancreatitis with exocrine function tests: Are we better? [PDF]
, 2017 Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas evolving in progressive fibrotic disruption of the gland with exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
MOLETTA, LUCIA, SPERTI, COSIMO
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Pancreatic ductal system obstruction and acute recurrent pancreatitis
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2008 Acute recurrent pancreatitis is a clinical entity largely associated with pancreatic ductal obstruction. This latter includes congenital variants, of which pancreas divisum is the most frequent but also controversial, chronic pancreatitis, tumors of the pancreaticobiliary junction and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.
Delhaye, Myriam +3 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2021 Background The diagnosis of pediatric pancreatitis has been increasing over the last 20 years. We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics for pediatric acute pancreatitis (AP) with adult AP, and investigate the risk factor for acute recurrent ...
Rui Zhong +8 more
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Clinical features of alcoholic hepatitis in latinos and caucasians: A single center experience. [PDF]
, 2017 AimTo study differences of presentation, management, and prognosis of alcoholic hepatitis in Latinos compared to Caucasians.MethodsWe retrospectively screened 876 charts of Caucasian and Latino patients who were evaluated at University of California ...
Durbin-Johnson, Blythe +3 more
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