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INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis.
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- Acute Edematous Pancreatitis
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic Parenchyma with Edema
- Pancreatic Parenchymal Edema
- Pancreatitis, Acute
- Pancreatitis, Acute Edematous
- Peripancreatic Fat Necrosis
- Acute Edematous Pancreatitides
- Acute Pancreatitides
- Edema, Pancreatic Parenchymal
- Edematous Pancreatitides, Acute
- Edematous Pancreatitis, Acute
- Fat Necrosis, Peripancreatic
- Necrosis, Peripancreatic Fat
- Pancreatic Parenchymal Edemas
- Pancreatitides, Acute
- Pancreatitides, Acute Edematous
- Parenchymal Edema, Pancreatic
- Peripancreatic Fat Necroses
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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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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pancreatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010195. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010195
- Pancreatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatitis
- Pancreatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1527888