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  • Title: [Coincidence of chronic pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis in alcohol abuse. A x-ray and histomorphological study].
    Author: Greiner L, Schubert E, Franken FH.
    Journal: Z Gastroenterol; 1983 Sep; 21(9):526-32. PubMed ID: 6636920.
    Abstract:
    We conducted a retrospective study in 112 chronic alcoholics in order to evaluate the incidence of simultaneous damage of both pancreas and liver. In all patients, an endoscopic retrograde pancreaticography (ERP) and a liver biopsy were performed. 65 patients had alterations of the pancreatic ducts compatible with the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. 30,7% (20/65) suffered from an additional alcoholic liver cirrhosis. This is a much more frequent association than presumed by H. Sarles et al. and Ammann et al. When the diagnosis was established, the average age of the group with chronic pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis was the same as in patients with chronic pancreatitis without cirrhosis (43,3 versus 42,4 years). Routine laboratory findings were of little value in comparison to the morphological findings.
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