The Most Common Pancreatic Diseases

Abstract

Akutni i kronični pankreatitis te karcinom gušterače tri su najčešće bolesti gušterače. U ovome preglednom članku prikazani su najvažniji epidemiološki, patofi ziološki i etiopatogenetski, ali i klinički, dijagnostički i terapijski elementi navedenih bolesti. U posljednjih desetak godina u pankreatologiji je učinjen velik napredak, a neka od novih otkrića omogućila su da se pristup bolesniku s bolešću gušterače promijeni u svakodnevnoj kliničkoj praksi. Cilj je ovog članka ponuditi ponajprije liječnicima opće medicine informacije koje se odnose na suvremen pristup bolestima gušterače.Acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer are three most frequent pancreatic diseases. This overview provides the most important epidemiologic, pathophysiologic and etiopathogenetic, as well as clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic elements of these diseases. Important advances have been made in pancreatology in the last decade, and some of them have changed the approach to the patient with pancreatic disease in clinical practice. The aim of this paper is to provide practicing doctors with information regarding the current diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatic diseases