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A Clinicopathological Classification of Acute Pancreatitis

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Standards in Pancreatic Surgery

Abstract

Inflammatory diseases of the pancreas can lead to a large variety of various different clinical pictures. In the past, many definitions have been used because of the lack of agreement for these clinical manifestations. Great progress was made in pancreatic research after the first international pancreatitis conference in Marseille, France, in 1963 with the etablishment of a worldwide accepted classification of pancreatic diseases [1]. In the following years, as knowledge increased, it became necessary to reclassify pancreatic diseases [2] because it was evident that in specific cases there were some problems with the old classification. For example, it was not possible to distinguish acute relapsing pancreatitis from an acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis or chronic relapsing pancreatitis on the basis of clinical or laboratory findings. This has made these categories difficult to use in clinical practice.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, University of Ulm, Steinhövelstr. 9, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    H. G. Beger

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  1. Abteilung für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Universitätsklinik Ulm, Steinhövelstraße 9, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    H. G. Beger  & M. Büchler  & 

  2. Abteilung Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinik Ulm, Robert-Koch-Straße 8, W-7900, Ulm, Germany

    P. Malfertheiner

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Uhl, W., Büchler, M., Beger, H.G. (1993). A Clinicopathological Classification of Acute Pancreatitis. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Standards in Pancreatic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77437-9_4

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