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PATHOLOGY OF THE PANCREAS CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
R
TO
EPEATED
BOUTS
PANCREATIC
OF
CAN
LEAD
PANCREATITIS
INFLAMMATION
,
. ASYMPTOMATIC
IN
,
CHRONIC
. DESTRUCTION
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T SCARRING
,
HIS
AND
WILL DEVELOPMENT
PATIENTS
ATROPHY
FIBROSIS
RECURRING
RESULT
,
THE
OF
IN CALCIFICATION
THE RECURRING
. HRONIC
IN
GLAND
C
ATTACKS ALCOHOLIC
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A PRESENT PERSISTENT
PANCREATITIS
THEREFORE
ASSOCIATED
IS PANCREATITIS
WITH (70%),
OF
ACUTE
,
ALCOHOLISM
AND MAY
-
,
DUCT
DESTRUCTIVE
PANCREATITIS
-
NON
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LTHOUGH WITH
MAY
, AMYLASE
A EPIGASTRIC
BE ELEVATION
THEY AND
LIPASE
POSSIBLE AND
BACK
PAIN
AND
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