Fatty pancreas was associated with a higher acute pancreatitis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome score at hospital admission
Wisam Sbeit,
Fares Abu Elheja,
Botros Msheiil
et al.
Abstract:Background
Pancreatic fat infiltration was shown to be linked with acute pancreatitis and probably its severity. These interesting findings merit more investigation to elucidate the effect of fatty pancreas on acute pancreatitis severity.
Methods
We performed a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with documented acute pancreatitis. Pancreatic fat was determined according to pancreas attenuation on computed tomography. Patients were divided into… Show more
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