CALCAREOUS PANCREATITIS
Authors: C A DOMZALSKI
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 October 1949CALCAREOUS PANCREATITISCASIMIR A. DOMZALSKI JR., M.D.CASIMIR A. DOMZALSKI JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-4-650 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPancreatic calcification of all types is relatively rare. In a recent review of 10 large series of autopsy reports, Pascucci found pancreatic calcification reported in only 52 cases (0.044 per cent) of an aggregate total of 117,031 autopsies.1 When looked for carefully, however, the incidence of pancreatic calcification rises more than a hundredfold, as was shown by Ludin, who carefully dissected each pancreas which showed heavy shadows in a postmortem roentgenogram. He found calcifications in 28 of 542 organs, an incidence of 5.3 per cent.2The clinical incidence of pancreatic calcification, especially in recent years, is higher than one would...Bibliography1. PASCUCCI LM: Pancreatic cyst and lithiasis, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1944, lii, 80-87. Google Scholar2. SNELLCOMFORT AMMW: The incidence and diagnosis of pancreatic lithiasis, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1941, viii, 237-243. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GRANEYREDDICK CMRH: Calcification of the pancreas, Am. Jr. Surg., 1944, lxv, 271-275. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. COMFORTGAMBILLBAGGENSTOSS MWEEAH: Chronic relapsing pancreatitis, Gastroenterology, 1946, vi, 239-285 and 376-408. Google Scholar5. MARSHALL WA: Pancreatic lithiasis, with case report and autopsy findings, Radiology, 1938, xxxi, 562-566. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FANGER H: Pancreatic lithiasis with associated intestinal hemorrhage, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1944, ccxxxi, 678-680. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KALINOVSKYHOCH LBPH: Shock treatments, 1946, Grune and Stratton, New York. Google Scholar8. PASTERNACK JG: Calcareous pancreatitis, Ann. Int. Med., 1943, xix, 757-767. Google Scholar9. BANTINGBEST FGCH: The internal secretion of the pancreas, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1922, vii, 251-266. Google Scholar10. BARRON M: The relation of the islets of Langerhans to diabetes with special reference to cases of pancreatic lithiasis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1920, xxxi, 437-448. Google Scholar11. ELMAN R: Acute interstitial pancreatitis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1933, lvii, 291-309. Google Scholar12. EDMONDSONFIELDS HAIA: Relation of calcium and lipids to acute pancreatic necrosis, Arch. Int. Med., 1942, lxxiv, 177-190. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. ELMANSACHAR RLA: Contributions made in 1940 to knowledge in regard to the pancreas, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1941, viii, 105-112. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. ELMANAKIN RJT: Gastroenterology, 1944, ii, 412-426. Google Scholar15. CARTER SJ: Serum amylase findings in chronic alcoholic patients with acute, severe abdominal symptoms, Ann. Surg., 1945, cxxii, 117-121. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. WEINERTENNANT HAR: A statistical study of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1938, cxcvi, 167-176. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. MYERSKEEFER WKCS: Acute pancreatic necrosis in acute and chronic alcoholism, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1934, ccx, 1376-1380. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. CLARK E: Pancreatitis in acute and chronic alcoholism, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1942, ix, 428-431. Google Scholar19. NUZUM FR: Diffuse calcification of the pancreas, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxxii, 574-575. Google Scholar1 ÅGRENLAGERLÖF CH: The pancreatic secretion in man after intravenous administration of secretin, Acta med. Scandinav., 1936, xc, 1. Google Scholar2 BAYLISSSTARLING WMEH: The mechanism of pancreatic secretion, Jr. Physiol., 1902, xxviii, 325. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 PRATT JH: Pancreatic disease, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxx, 175. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Received for publication March 5, 1947.†Formerly Resident in Medicine, Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, T. H. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTuberculosis Occurring in the Course of Chrosic Calcereous PancreatitisThe Diagnosis and Treatment of PancreatitisThe Pancreas: Contributions of Clinical Interest in 1949 1 October 1949Volume 31, Issue 4Page: 650-660KeywordsAutopsyHospital medicinePancreasPancreatitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...