CALCAREOUS PANCREATITIS; REPORT OF THREE CASES WITH AUTOPSIES

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Article1 November 1943CALCAREOUS PANCREATITIS; REPORT OF THREE CASES WITH AUTOPSIESJOSEPH G. PASTERNACK, M.D.JOSEPH G. PASTERNACK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-5-757 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA casual survey of the literature on diseases of the pancreas discloses surprising periodic surges of interest in this organ, some of which have been epochal. As our familiarity with pancreatic disorders increases, functional tests and diagnostic aids evolve and existing ones are used more critically.Roentgenologic exploration of the abdomen is not yet on the same plane of precision and importance as the chest plate. Our knowledge and interpretation of anomalous shadows in the abdomen consequently have not attained the same diagnostic reliability. However, the increasing frequency of reports on pancreatolithiasis in the last few years is an indication...Bibliography1. EDMONDSONFIELDS HAIA: Relation of calcium and lipids to acute pancreatic necrosis, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxix, 177-190. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SNELLCOMFORT AMMW: The incidence and diagnosis of pancreatic lithiasis, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1941, viii, 237-243. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. DRYTESSMER TJCF: Postmortem findings in cases of diabetes, Minnesota Med., 1941, xxiv, 96-105. Google Scholar4. BEAZELLSCHMIDTIVY JMRCAC: The diagnosis and treatment of achylia pancreatica, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 2735-2739. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Staten Island, New York*Received for publication July 6, 1942.From the Department of Pathology, U. S. Marine Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTuberculosis Occurring in the Course of Chrosic Calcereous PancreatitisComparative Study of Cystic Fibrosis of the Pancreas and Chronic Calcareous Pancreatitis; Three Case Reports of Calcareous Pancreatitis 1 November 1943Volume 19, Issue 5Page: 757-767KeywordsArmed forcesAutopsyPancreasPancreatitisThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...