Alcohol and the pancreas. II. Pancreatic morphology of advanced alcoholic pancreatitis

Noronha, M.; Bordalo, O.; Dreiling, D.A.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 76(2): 120-124

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270
PMID: 7304547
Document Number: 179257
The histopathology of advanced chronic alcoholic pancreatitis was dominated by cellular degeneration, atrophy and fibrosis. Sequential changes in the histopathology of alcoholic pancreatic disease were defined and traced from initial injury to end-stage disease. These sequential histopathologies were correlated with clinical syndrome and secretory patterns. Data were more consistent with a toxic-metabolic pathogenesis of alcoholic pancreatitis than the previous Big Duct and Small Duct hypotheses.

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