• Department of Gastroenterology, the Sixth People's Hospital of Chengdu City, Chengdu, Sichuan 610051, P. R. China;
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Objective To evaluate the causes, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical features of 47 patients with CP in the Sixth People's Hospital of Chengdu City from February 2008 to December 2011. Results There were 24 cases of biliary pancreatitis (51.1%), and 17 cases of alcoholic pancreatitis (36.2%). The clinical manifestations included abdominal pain in 40 patients (87.2%), diarrhea in 12 patients (25.5%), and diabetes mellitus in 13 patients (27.6%). Sixteen patients were diagnosed based on the ultrasonographic results (34.0%), 41 by computed tomography (CT) (87.2%), and 31 by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) (88.6%). Plain abdominal radiograph showed that 9 patients had calcification, mainly composed of Ⅰ and Ⅱ classes (44.7% and 51.1%), followed by class Ⅳ and stage 3. Management for chronic pancreatitis included medical treatment (10 cases, 21.2%) and surgical treatment (13 case, 27.6%), endoscopic treatment (24 cases, 51.6%). Conclusion The causes of chronic pancreatitis are biliary and alcoholic factors. Medical, endoscopic and surgical procedures are involved to treat chronic pancreatitis, especially for the relief of intractable chronic abdominal pain.

Citation: FUDan. Clinical Features of Chronic Pancreatitis. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(4): 672-675. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140203 Copy

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