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KENNETH E. LEMMER, M.D.; ERWIN R. SCHMIDT, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1952;64(5):571-578.

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PANCREATIC calcifications take the form either of true pancreatic calculi, which are present in the ducts, or of a diffuse pancreatic calcinosis, with a deposition of calcium scattered throughout various segments of the gland. These calcifications are considered to be a late phase of chronic relapsing pancreatitis¹ and may or may not be associated with extensive fibrosis of the gland, diabetes, and steatorrhea. Pancreatic cysts may occur, but they are more common following acute pancreatitis.

Abdominal pain is the chief complaint of the majority of patients with pancreatic calcifications, and most types of treatment are aimed, either directly or indirectly, toward the relief of this symptom. Unilateral splanchnicectomy has been successful in the relief of pain of pancreatic origin.² The reason for this is not clear, as the innervation of the pancreas is bilateral within the sympathetic system.³ If, however, a unilateral splanchnic block with procaine produces . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MADISON, WIS.

From the Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wis.

Footnotes
Read at the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 29, 1951.

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