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| Blockage in the biliary system from gallstones, edema, stricture, or tumors that causes inflammation |
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| Inflammation of the gallbladder |
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| Chemical irritation and inflammation result from gallstones that obstruct the cystic duct, gallbladder neck, or common bile duct |
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| Infection of the peritoneum that may result from a large perforation of the gallbladder wall. |
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| Inflammation occurring without gallstones typically associated with biliary stasis caused by any condition that affects the regular filling or emptying of the gallbladder |
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| Yellow Discoloration of the sclerae |
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| Obstructed bile flow caused bu edema of the ducts or gallstones |
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| Itching caused bu an accumulation of bile salts |
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| Produced by obstruction of the cystic duct of the gallbladder or movement of one or more stones which causes severe pain |
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| Postcholecystectomy Syndrome |
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| Abdominal or epigastric pain and vomiting that may occur several weeks to months after surgery |
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| Serious, life threatening inflammatory process of the pancreas caused by a premature activation of excessive pancreatic enzymes that destroy ductal tissue and pancreatic cells, resulting in autodigestion and fibrosis of the pancreas |
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| Necrotizing hemorrhagic pancreatitis (NHP) |
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| Diffusely bleeding pancreatic tissue with fibrosis and tissue death |
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| Pain felt with pancreatitis. Intense sensation that something is going through the body that is worsened by lying in the supine position. |
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| Opening of the sphincter of Oddi which may be reformed if pancreatitis was caused by gallstones. Performed with and ERCP. |
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| Progressive, destructive disease of the pancreas that has remissions and exacerbations |
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| Chronic Calcifying Pancreatitis (CCP) |
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| Most common type of chronic pancreatitis, most commonly caused by alcoholism |
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| Chronic Obstructive Pancreatitis |
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| Develops from inflammation, spasm, and obstruction of the sphincter of Oddi often from gallstones |
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| Chronic inflammatory process in which immunoglobulins invade the pancreas |
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| Idiopathic and Hereditary Chronic Pancreatitis |
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| May be associated with SPINK1 and CFTR gene mutation |
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| Foul smelling fatty stools that may increase in volume as pancreatic insufficiency progresses and lipase production decreases |
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| Most serious complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Are always fatal if untreated. |
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| False cysts, that do not have an epithelial lining. |
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| Placed percutaneously to relieve pain from biliary obstruction |
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| Inserting a catheter into the jejunum so that the enteral feedings may be given |
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| Whipple procedue (radical pancreaticoduodenectomy) |
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| Involved extensive surgical manipulation and is used most often to treat cancer of the head and pancreas. Involves removal of the proximal head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the jejunum, the stomach, gallbladder, pancreatic duct, the common bile duct, and the stomach. |
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| Inflammation and infection of the peritoneaum causing boardlike abdominal rigidity |
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