title: Chronic pancreatitis in the British Army 1978-1989.
abstract: A retrospective study was made of all 28 soldiers with chronic pancreatitis first diagnosed between 1978 and 1989. All patients were male, alcohol was the aetiological factor in 90%, the mean age at diagnosis was 30 and the commonest mode of presentation was with recurrent painful episodes of pancreatitis. Endocrine and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency occurred in a quarter and a third of patients respectively and one third required surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, London.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Melia
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Cowan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology