Abstract
Acute pancreatitis occurs in many different clinical settings, with varying causes. It is therefore very likely that factors as diverse as an impacted gall stone at the ampulla of Vater, hypothermia, or chronic alcoholism all initiate the disease process in different ways. Once an autodigestive process is started within the pancreas, however, a more uniform picture emerges.
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Foulis, A.K. (1993). Morphology of Acute Pancreatitis. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Standards in Pancreatic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77437-9_5
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