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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease alcohol abuse
Phenotype C0030305|pancreatitis
Sentences 12
PubMedID- 21961811 Her medical history included chronic pancreatitis (cp) associated with alcohol abuse and heavy cigarette smoking.
PubMedID- 20626730 Objectives: the mechanisms initiating pancreatitis in patients with chronic alcohol abuse are poorly understood.
PubMedID- 26100556 However, in a considerable number of individuals, even many attacks of gallstones and multiple episodes of alcohol abuse do not lead to acute pancreatitis [2, 3].
PubMedID- 23251265 Acute pancreatitis develops in 10% of chronic alcohol abusers (>80 g daily intake).
PubMedID- 24949386 A 42-year-old male with chronic pancreatitis due to alcohol abuse presented with recurrent pain in the upper abdomen for the last 8 years, and progressive deterioration with the loss of 4 kg over the past 6 months.
PubMedID- 22563182 We report a case of acute chylous ascites formation presenting as peritonitis (acute chylous peritonitis) in a patient suffering from acute pancreatitis due to hypertriglyceridemia and alcohol abuse.
PubMedID- 22133269 About 70% of chronic pancreatitis cases are associated with alcohol abuse but less than 10% of chronic alcoholics develop chronic pancreatitis [75,112].
PubMedID- 25003605 Purpose of review: acute pancreatitis is associated with alcohol abuse, gallstones and bacterial infection.
PubMedID- 24718404 Of the 27 patients with pancreatitis, none had history of alcohol abuse or other risk factor known to cause pancreatitis, four had gallstone disease but underwent cholecystectomy prior to pancreatitis.
PubMedID- 22216129 While a large proportion of acute pancreatitis cases are associated with alcohol abuse, only a small percent of heavy alcohol abusers develop pancreatitis [2] and ethanol administration alone does not initiate pancreatitis in rodent models [3], [4], [5].
PubMedID- 24717768 Even though 70% of chronic pancreatitis cases are attributed to alcohol abuse, 95% of alcoholics never develop pancreatitis.
PubMedID- 24353973 Eight patients had some degree of immune compromise (73%) such as chronic steroid use, ulcerative colitis, chronic alcohol abuse with pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, and malignancy.

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