Painless form of chronic pancreatitis - multicentre study.
diabetes mellitus
exocrine insufficiency
painless form of pancreatitis
pancreatic calcifications
pancreatic pain
Journal
Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
ISSN: 1804-7521
Titre abrégé: Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub
Pays: Czech Republic
ID NLM: 101140142
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
received:
04
04
2023
accepted:
05
05
2023
medline:
15
6
2023
pubmed:
24
5
2023
entrez:
24
5
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The painless form of chronic pancreatitis is one of the rarer forms of the disease. While 80% to 90% of all chronic pancreatitis cases have abdominal pain as their clinical symptom, a smaller proportion of persons with chronic pancreatitis do not report typical pain. This form of the disease is often associated with exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency and weight loss, but the absence of pain symptoms may initially lead to misdiagnosis. In a cohort of 257 people with chronic pancreatitis, the painless form was diagnosed in 30 individuals (11.6%), with an average age of 56 years and a predominance of men (71.4%). Thirty-eight percent were non-smokers and 47.6% of patients smoked up to 10 cigarettes per day. Alcohol intake of less than 40 g per day was reported by 61.9% of subjects. A quarter were moderately overweight, with a mean BMI of 26.5. Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus had 25.7% of the subjects. A frequent finding was the demonstration of morphological changes, with calcifications found in 85,7% and dilatation of the pancreatic duct greater than 6.0 mm in 66%. A surprising finding was the presence of metabolic syndrome in 42.8% and the most frequent finding was the demonstration of decreased external pancreatic secretion (90%). Painless chronic pancreatitis is usually treated conservatively. We demonstrate a subset of 28 patients with painless chronic pancreatitis treated surgically. Most frequent indications were benign stenosis of the intrapancreatic bile duct and stenosis of the pancreatic duct. Although approximately 1 in 10 people with chronic pancreatitis present with a painless form of it, so that the form of the disease is described as rare, this does not change the fact that management of these people is still not optimal.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The painless form of chronic pancreatitis is one of the rarer forms of the disease. While 80% to 90% of all chronic pancreatitis cases have abdominal pain as their clinical symptom, a smaller proportion of persons with chronic pancreatitis do not report typical pain. This form of the disease is often associated with exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency and weight loss, but the absence of pain symptoms may initially lead to misdiagnosis.
METHODS
METHODS
In a cohort of 257 people with chronic pancreatitis, the painless form was diagnosed in 30 individuals (11.6%), with an average age of 56 years and a predominance of men (71.4%). Thirty-eight percent were non-smokers and 47.6% of patients smoked up to 10 cigarettes per day. Alcohol intake of less than 40 g per day was reported by 61.9% of subjects. A quarter were moderately overweight, with a mean BMI of 26.5. Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus had 25.7% of the subjects.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A frequent finding was the demonstration of morphological changes, with calcifications found in 85,7% and dilatation of the pancreatic duct greater than 6.0 mm in 66%. A surprising finding was the presence of metabolic syndrome in 42.8% and the most frequent finding was the demonstration of decreased external pancreatic secretion (90%).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Painless chronic pancreatitis is usually treated conservatively. We demonstrate a subset of 28 patients with painless chronic pancreatitis treated surgically. Most frequent indications were benign stenosis of the intrapancreatic bile duct and stenosis of the pancreatic duct. Although approximately 1 in 10 people with chronic pancreatitis present with a painless form of it, so that the form of the disease is described as rare, this does not change the fact that management of these people is still not optimal.
Types de publication
Multicenter Study
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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157-161Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
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