Open AccessPancreatic panniculitis
Author(s) -
Ignacio TorresNavarro,
Nohelia Rojas-Ferrer,
Rafael BotellaEstrada
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.6116/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , panniculitis , acute pancreatitis , gastroenterology , pathology
Pancreatic panniculitis (PP) is an infrequent manifestation of pancreatic pathology (2%). This condition has mainly been described in association with acute and chronic pancreatitis, in males aged 40-60 years with chronic alcoholism, as was the case of this patient. However, it might also be the outset manifestation of a pancreatic neoplasm.