2006;3(7):356-357. The cause of acute pancreatitis is easily identifiable in 70–90% of patients. In patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP), however, an identifiable cause is not ...

Almost one fifth of patients hospitalized for necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) will be readmitted within 30 days, with biliary and idiopathic pancreatitis carrying higher risk than alcohol-induced ...

Based on the severe inflammatory infiltration of the pancreas, we made a diagnosis of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (Fig. 4). We diagnosed the inflammatory infiltration of the gallbladder wall as ...