CALCAREOUS PANCREATITIS

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Pancreatic calcification is usually the result of previous acute interstitial or hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Calcareous pancreatitis may be asymptomatic, but often results in recurrent bouts of abdominal pain, or diabetes mellitus, or steatorrhea, or all three. Loss of fat soluble vit. A through steatorrhea may produce squamous metaplasia of bronchial epithelium and thus predispose to pulmonary infections. Treatment of chronic pancreatitis involves diabetic therapy, oral replacement of pancreatic enzymes (pancreatin), and surgical intervention for intractable pain or symptoms due to pressure of the enlarged pancreas on other organs. Two cases of chronic pancreatitis in young men, with calcification, diabetes and steatorrhea are descr. Both patients developed pulmonary tuberculosis, and one died of self-overdosage with insulin.
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