Mesh term Pancreatitis
Browse to parent terms:Pancreatic Diseases
Description
INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis.Browse to child terms:
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing
Pancreatitis, Alcoholic
Pancreatitis, Chronic
Pancreatitis, Graft
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