A CLINICAL STUDY OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS.
A series of 53 cases of chronic pancreatic disease is described and attention drawn to the frequency with which symptoms are persistent rather than intermittent. A plea is made for the use of the term ;progressive' rather than ;relapsing' in describing many of these cases. Alcohol was an unimportant factor in the aetiology. The possibility of achieving an accurate and early diagnosis using the serum secretin/pancreozymin test is emphasized. The frequent relief of symptoms and the prevention of progress of the disease by surgery, especially sphincterotomy, is recorded.
D000368:Aged; D000681:Amylases; D002446:Celiac Disease; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases; D010195:Pancreatitis; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic; D011379:Prognosis; D012633:Secretin; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D012633:Secretin; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D000681:Amylases
AMYLASE; DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY; ENZYME TESTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; PANCREATITIS; PANCREOZYMIN; PROGNOSIS; SECRETIN; SPRUE; STATISTICS; SURGERY, OPERATIVE