Progression from acute to chronic pancreatitis. A pathologist's view.
The available morphologic data on ACP are consistent with the view that ACP evolves from acute pancreatitis. How alcohol abuse triggers pancreatic injury and which factors are responsible for the progression to chronic pancreatitis remain to be clarified, however.
Klöppel
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Department of Pathology, University of Kiel, Germany. gkloeppel@path.uni-kiel.de
D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000473:pathology; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000473:pathology*