title: Three generations of hereditary chronic pancreatitis.
abstract: The patient was a 22 year-old male. Hereditary chronic pancreatitis was suspected as a diagnosis since his mother's uncle had been operated on for chronic pancreatitis 14 years previously at the age of 64 years and his mother had been operated on for chronic pancreatitis with calculi 5 years previously at the age of 40 years. Surgery was needed, since: 1) he had experienced abdominal pain for 8 years; 2) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) revealed a marked irregular dilatation in the main pancreatic duct and a marked irregular dilatation and protein plugs in the ductule of the tail of the pancreas; and, 3) pancreatic functional diagnostic (PFD) test examination showed a 75% decrease in exocrine function. If a surgical procedure had not been performed, the patient would likely have experienced calculi formation in the pancreas and a further decrease in exocrine function. Since the patient was very young and had many protein plugs in the dilated ductule of the tail of the pancreas, we decided to perform a spleen-preserving Puestow's procedure with removal of the tail of the pancreas. Clinical and pathological findings of hereditary pancreatitis are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshina
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Futakawa
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010375:Pedigree; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed