Review article

The Most Common Pancreatic Diseases

Davor Štimac

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and
pancreatic cancer are three most frequent pancreatic diseases.
This overview provides the most important epidemiologic,
pathophysiologic and etiopathogenetic, as well as clinical, diagnostic
and therapeutic elements of these diseases. Important
advances have been made in pancreatology in the last decade,
and some of them have changed the approach to the patient
with pancreatic disease in clinical practice. The aim of this
paper is to provide practicing doctors with information regarding
the current diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatic
diseases.

Keywords

acute pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis; pancreatic cancer

Hrčak ID:

18854

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/18854

Publication date:

26.1.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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