Etiology of chronic calcifying pancreatitis in Brazil: a report of 329 consecutive cases
Etiology of chronic calcifying pancreatitis in Brazil: a report of 329 consecutive cases
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10.1007/bf02801872
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1986-12
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R. Dani;F. J. Penna;C. Nogueira
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R. Dani;F. J. Penna;C. Nogueira
The authors observed 329 consecutive cases of chronic calcifying pancreatitis (CCP) from January 1963 to January 1986. Alcoholism was the etiological agent in 282 cases (86%). In 34 patients (10%) no cause was detectable (idiopathic). Malnutrition was responsible for 10 cases (3%) and chronic familial pancreatitis was diagnosed in 3 cases (0.9%). The mean age at the apparent onset of symptoms was 36.5 ± 10.5 for the alcoholics, 22.6 ± 15.4 in the idiopathic cases and 7.3 ± 3.0 for the nutritional etiology patients. Mean age differences are statistically significant for the 3 groups. Pancreatic calcifications were found in 224 alcohol-induced cases (79%), in 32 idiopathic cases (94%), in 8 patients with malnutrition (80%) and in one patient with familial pancreatitis (33%). All cases of nutritional etiology presented severe protein-caloric deficiences with edema, and none complained of pain, but 9 had pancreatic insufficiency. Mean daily ethanol intake for the alcohol-addicted patients was 396.6 ± 286 g (range 80–1664 g) with the onset of alcoholism at 19.1 ± 6.8 yr old and 20.8 ± 8.3 (4–44) yr of alcohol indulgence. Pancreatic carcinoma developed in 7 cases. Six cases of chronic pancreatitis were seen among relatives in the group with CCP of alcoholic etiology.