Publications by authors named "Carla Mancilla A"
Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a rare disease in Chile, without a clear explanation for this low prevalence.
Aim: To analyze the characteristics of our patients with pancreatitis.
Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis of a database of patients with pancreatitis of a clinical hospital.
Background: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a special form of chronic pancreatitis, more common in men and usually presenting as obstructive jaundice or abdominal pain. It may be associated with other immunological disorders and sometimes it is possible to find positive serological markers. Typical images show pancreatic enlargement with focal or diffuse stenosis of the pancreatic duct but sometimes it presents as a focal pancreatic mass that is difficult to differentiate from pancreatic carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous reports describe 30-40% of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), SIBO is a cause of persistent symptoms in this group of patients even when they are treated with pancreatic enzymes.
Aim: To asses the frequency of SIBO in patients with CP.
Patients And Methods: We studied 14 patients with CP using an hydrogen breath test with lactulose to detect SIBO, a nonabsorbable carbohydrate, whose results are not influenced by the presence of exocrine insufficiency.
Background: One of the complications of diabetes mellitus is the development of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.
Aim: To study pancreatic exocrine function in diabetics patients.
Material And Methods: Seventy two diabetic patients were included in the protocol, but two were withdrawn because an abdominal CAT scan showed a chronic calcified pancreatitis, previously undiagnosed.
Background: The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) is unknown in Chile. We have recently noted a rise in the number of cases diagnosed among adults.
Aim: To describe the clinical characteristics of a group of adult celiac patients.