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Abstract
A severe form of acute INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS characterized by one or more areas of NECROSIS in the pancreas with varying degree of involvement of the surrounding tissues or organ systems. Massive pancreatic necrosis may lead to DIABETES MELLITUS, and malabsorption.
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- Necrotizing Pancreatitis, Acute
- Pancreatic Necrosis
- Pancreatitis Necrotising
- Pancreatitis Necrotizing
- Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing
- Necrosis, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic Necroses
- Pancreatitis Necrotisings
- Pancreatitis Necrotizings
- Hemorrhagic Necrotic Pancreatitis
- Hemorrhagic Necrotic Pancreatitides
- Necrotic Pancreatitis, Hemorrhagic
- Pancreatitis, Hemorrhagic Necrotic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Pancreatitis (1990-1996)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019283. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019283
- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55022306