Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presencia de factores de riesgo
- dolor abdominal
- esteatorrea
- ictericia
Other diagnostic factors
- pérdida de peso y desnutrición
- diabetes mellitus/intolerancia a la glucosa
- náuseas y vómitos
- hinchazón y/o flatulencia excesiva
- nódulos cutáneos
- dolor en las articulaciones
- fractura por traumatismo leve
- distensión abdominal
- disnea
Risk factors
- alcohol
- tabaquismo
- antecedentes familiares
- enfermedad celíaca
- psoriasis
- dieta de alto contenido en grasas y proteínas
- geografía tropical
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- tomografía computarizada (TC) o resonancia magnética (RM)
- ecoendoscopia
- colangiopancreatografía por resonancia magnética con secretina (CPRM-S)
Investigations to consider
- examen histológico
- pruebas genéticas
- pruebas indirectas de función pancreática (elastasa fecal-1)
- grasa fecal
- esteatocrito
- pruebas directas de función pancreática
- niveles de inmunoglobulina G4 (IgG4)
- protocolo terapéutico de corticosteroides
Treatment algorithm
dolor agudo intermitente episódico
manejo del dolor persistente
Contributors
Authors
Matthew J. DiMagno, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor
MI
Disclosures
MJD sits on committees, advisory boards, and/or editorial boards for the National Pancreas Foundation Michigan Chapter, Faculty of 1000 Research, Pancreatology, the Pancreapedia, and Pancreas. MJD has been a speaker for AGA Invited Speaker Symposium and NPF and Michigan Medicine 7th Annual Patient and Family Centered Care for Pancreatic Diseases.
Erik-Jan Wamsteker, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor
MI
Disclosures
EJW declares that he has no competing interests.
Allen Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington
VT
Disclosures
AL has consulted for GSK and Atmo Biosciences.
Peer reviewers
Christopher Forsmark, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Florida
Gainesville
FL
Disclosures
CF is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Jakob R. Izbicki, MD, FACS
Chairman, Surgeon in Chief
Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg
Germany
Disclosures
JRI declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
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Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
References
Key articles
Dominguez-Munoz JE, Drewes AM, Lindkvist B, et al. Recommendations from the United European Gastroenterology evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatology. 2018 Dec;18(8):847-54. Abstract
Whitcomb DC, Buchner AM, Forsmark CE. AGA clinical practice update on the epidemiology, evaluation, and management of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: expert review. Gastroenterology. 2023 Nov;165(5):1292-301.Full text Abstract
Gardner TB, Adler DG, Forsmark CE, et al. ACG clinical guideline: chronic pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Mar;115(3):322-39. Abstract
ASGE Standards of Practice Committee, Sheth SG, Machicado JD, et al. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on the role of endoscopy in the management of chronic pancreatitis: summary and recommendations. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Oct;100(4):584-94.Full text Abstract
Reference articles
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