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End-stage chronic pancreatitis: a practical disease-descriptor
H P Siriwardana1, A K Siriwardena
1Hepatobiliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
|January 24, 2003
Abstract
Background:
Contemporary classification systems for chronic pancreatitis do not incorporate current knowledge of the disease biology of this condition.
Method And Results:
This paper presents three case summaries of patients with longstanding chronic pancreatitis with extra-pancreatic complications. The cases highlight the inadequacies of current terminology. The term "end-stage chronic pancreatitis" is applied to advanced disease and disease descriptors are defined.
Conclusion:
The term "end-stage chronic pancreatitis" is a practical and readily applicable disease descriptor.