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Chronic pancreatitis, pseudotumors and other tumor-like lesions

Günter Klöppel

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Table 2. Diagnostic criteria for an etiological classification of chronic pancreatitis (CP)

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  ACP HP AIP PP OCP
Necrosis
 Pseudocyst++++-+-
 Autodigestive necrosis+(+)-++-
      
Fibrosis
 Diffuse+++++-+++
 Focal++++++++-
 Perilobular+++++++++++++
 Intralobular++++++++
 Periductal-++++++++
      
Duct lumen
 Dilated++++++-++++++
 Obstructed--++++-
 Irregular++++-+++-
      
Duct contents      
 Precipitate+++-+++-
 Calculus+++-+-
 Granulocytes(+)++++-
      
Duct epithelium
 Hyperplastic(+)(+)--++
 Destroyed(+)++++++-
 Regenerated(+)(+)---

 ACP, alcoholic chronic pancreatitis; HP, hereditary pancreatitis; AIP, autoimmune pancreatitis; PP, paraduodenal pancreatitis; OCP, obstructive chronic pancreatitis.

 +++ denotes frequent/extensive, + denotes rare/few.

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