Tropical pancreatitis

Orpha code: 103918OMIM code: 608189

Definition

A rare pancreatic disease of juvenile onset occurring mainly in tropical developing countries and characterized by chronic non-alcoholic pancreatitis manifesting with abdominal pain, steatorrhea and fibrocalculous pancreatopathy. It is also commonly associated with the development of pancreatic calculi and pancreatic cancer at a much higher frequency than seen in ordinary chronic pancreatitis.

Disease data
Classification

Disease

Synonyms
TCP
TCP
Tropikalne wapniejące przewlekłe zapalenie trzustki
Tropical calcific chronic pancreatitis
ORPHA code
103918
OMIM code
608189
ICD10 code
K86.1
ICD11 code
DC32.5

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