Pancreatogenic Diabetes, 2 Onset Forms and Lack of Metabolic Syndrome Components Differentiate It From Type 2 Diabetes.

Objectives: We compared pancreatogenic (DM3c) and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: We compared age-, sex-, and diabetes mellitus duration-matched DM3c cases (n = 142) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 142). Pancreatogenic diabetes was considered when it appeared after the diagnosis of pancreatitis or after pancreatic surgery.

Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis.

Unlabelled: Idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis (IARP) is defined as at least two episodes of acute pancreatitis with the complete or near-complete resolution of symptoms and signs of pancreatitis between episodes, without an identified cause. There is a paucity of information about the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in IARP.

Objectives: To determine the diagnostic yield of EUS in IARP.

Increased Mortality from Extrapancreatic Infections in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pancreatitis.

Nosocomial extrapancreatic infections in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) are associated with a higher mortality even after adjusting the risk for the severity of the pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features of hospitalized patients with AP who died during their hospitalization and to evaluate risk factors associated with mortality. We performed a descriptive study of the clinical features of adult patients who died from AP during their hospitalization and a case control study with a paired group of patients that survived AP during a 10-year period.

A Nondilated Main Pancreatic Duct Predicts Type 2 Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Comparative Study of Resected Pancreatic Head Masses.

Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP), pancreatic cancer (PCa), and autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) often present as a pancreatic mass. Accurate diagnosis is not always possible; up to 8% of surgical procedures are performed in benign pancreatic masses presumed to be malignant.

Objectives: We aimed to compare clinical and imaging characteristics of resected focal type 2 AIP, CP, and PCa and identify factors that could improve preoperative differential diagnosis.

Retroperitoneal fibrosis. Steroid treatment response seems to depend on its association to IgG4 related disease.

Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF) is part of a rare fibrosclerotic disorder. Oral steroids are the initial treatment. Steroid combination with other immunosupressants is used in refractory cases.