Background Acute and chronic pancreatitis constitute a continuum of inflammatory disease of the pancreas with an increasing incidence in most high-income countries.
Mathias E. Cook +15 more
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Annular pancreas: endoscopic and pancreatographic findings from a tertiary referral ERCP center [PDF]
Background and Aims Annular pancreas is a congenital anomaly whereby pancreatic tissue encircles the duodenum. Current knowledge of endoscopic findings of annular pancreas is limited to small case series.
Easler, Jeffrey J. +10 more
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Groove pancreatitis presenting as recurrent acute pancreatitis
A middle aged male presented with recurrent acute pancreatitis without any feature of extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Evaluation revealed mass in groove area with duodenal lumen compromise without any features of chronic pancreatitis.
Vishal Khurana +4 more
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Acute pancreatitis is an episode of cellular injury and inflammation of the pancreas parenchyma triggered by autodigestion of pancreatic parenchyma by abnormally activated pancreatic enzymes, its manifestations ranges from mild, moderate-severe and ...
Derrick Derrick +2 more
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Mechanisms of CFTR Functional Variants That Impair Regulated Bicarbonate Permeation and Increase Risk for Pancreatitis but Not for Cystic Fibrosis [PDF]
CFTR is a dynamically regulated anion channel. Intracellular WNK1-SPAK activation causes CFTR to change permeability and conductance characteristics from a chloride-preferring to bicarbonate-preferring channel through unknown mechanisms.
Alkaade, Samer +26 more
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Infected Necrosis in Severe Pancreatitis - Combined Nonsurgical Multi-Drainage with Directed Transabdominal High-Volume Lavage in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
Background: Infection of pancreatic necrosis is a life-threatening complication during the course of acute pancreatitis. In critically ill patients, surgical or extended endoscopic interventions are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Minimally
A. Meining +31 more
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Occult pancreatic cancer with recurrent acute pancreatitis [PDF]
Summary A patient with occult pancreatic carcinoma associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis is reported. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography after the first attack was normal, the diagnosis being made at repeat examination 10 months later.
C, Wilson, C W, Imrie
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Quality of Life in Chronic Pancreatitis is Determined by Constant Pain, Disability/Unemployment, Current Smoking, and Associated Co-Morbidities [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) has a profound independent effect on quality of life (QOL). Our aim was to identify factors that impact the QOL in CP patients.
Abberbock, Judah +23 more
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Src as the link between inflammation and cancer. [PDF]
Although a causal link between chronic inflammation and cancer has been established, the exact molecular mechanism linking inflammation to cancer remains largely unknown.
Andrzej ePtasznik +4 more
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An uncommon evaluation in recurrent acute pancreatitis
Recurrent acute pancreatitis can be caused due to mechanical, metabolic, anatomical abnormalities and other miscellaneous causes. Among the anatomical causes, choledochoceles are rare entities that result in recurrent acute pancreatitis.
Mallikarjun Patil, Keyur A. Sheth
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