Keywords
pancreas, hereditary pancreatitis, mutation of the cationic trypsinogen gene, risk of pancreatic cancer, clinical observation
How to Cite
Gubergrits, N. B., Byelyayeva, N. V., Lukashevich, G. M., & Fomenko, P. G. (2018). Hereditary pancreatitis: tactics of diagnostics and differential diagnostics (clinical case). Herald of Pancreatic Club, 39(2), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.33149/vkp.2018.02.07
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Abstract
The article presents a literature review on the main genetic mutations leading to the development of pancreatitis, analyzes the pathogenesis of hereditary pancreatitis and the high risk of pancreatic cancer upon this disease. The authors described their own clinical case of calcificating pancreatitis that developed in a patient with a mutation of the cationic trypsinogen gene. The tactics of treatment and observation is discussed.