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Maghreb Medical. 2007; 27 (384): 393-394
em Francês
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RESUMO
The aim of our study was to determine the diabetes profile in chronic pancreatitis, through an analysis of 22 chronic pancreatitis cases seen over 14 years in the service of gastroenterology. There were 6 men and 2 women. The average age is 50 years, the age oscillating between 20 and 67 years. The diabetes revealed chronic pancreatitis in 5 cases. These patients were alcoholic. The diabetes appeared in average after 4 years of evolution. Seven patients had pancreatic calcifications. This diabetes was insulin dependent in 4 cases. Through the reported cases, a literature review is done in order to point on features of diabetes when occurring with chronic pancreatitis