[The influence of the development of diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic pancreatitis on exocrine pancreatic function measured by secretin-caerulein test].

Unlabelled: Diabetes occurs in 20-30% of patients above forty years old with chronic pancreatitis (CP). The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between development of diabetes mellitus in CP patients and insufficiency of pancreatic exocrine secretion as well as changes in composition of pancreatic juice. Ninety CP patients with diagnosis confirmed by endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) were studied.