[Changes in chronic pancreatitis. Functional, structural and histological studies]

Pancreatic function, structural changes in comparison with morphologic (histological) ones were studied in 22 patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis. Gravity of functional and structural damages--apart from minor differences--showed close cinnection with the severity of tissue alterations. In half of the cases, combination of tissue signs of obstructive and calcificating pancreatitis were observed, so it is considered gratuitous to separate sharply the two forms of chronic pancreatitis.