Abstract
In 1937, Kini [1] published a report on chronic calcific pancreatitis from India. Similar findings in autopsy studies were reported from southern India in 1954 [2]. While the features presented in those report were strikingly similar to the report on 45 malnourished patients from Indonesia published a couple of decades later, the credit for describing tropical (chronic) pancreatitis (TCP) as a
distinct entity rests with Zuidema [3,4]. These patients were from economically weaker sections and were suffering from protein calorie malnutrition.
GeeVarghese [5,6] provided a detailed description of features that constituted TCP based on his analysis of patients in Kerala, southern India. This body of work now forms the framework on the basis of which our understanding of TCP resides.
distinct entity rests with Zuidema [3,4]. These patients were from economically weaker sections and were suffering from protein calorie malnutrition.
GeeVarghese [5,6] provided a detailed description of features that constituted TCP based on his analysis of patients in Kerala, southern India. This body of work now forms the framework on the basis of which our understanding of TCP resides.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Pancreas |
Subtitle of host publication | An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery |
Editors | Hans Beger, Markus W. Buchler, Ralph H. Hruban, Julia Mayerle, John P. Neoptolemos, Tooru Shimosegawa, Andrew L. Warshaw, David C. Whitcomb, Yupei Zhao |
Place of Publication | Hoboken, NJ |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Chapter | 46 |
Pages | 383-389 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Edition | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119875970 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781119875994 |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- Chronic pancreatitis
- calcific pancreatitis
- tropical pancreatitis
- India
- calorie malnutrition