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review of literature on clinical pancreatology - The Pancreapedia

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Fatty pancreasTo investigate the <strong>clinical</strong> implicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> lipid depositi<strong>on</strong> in the pancreas (fatty pancreas) 293patients who had underg<strong>on</strong>e abdominal computed tomography (CT) and s<strong>on</strong>ography werestudied. Fatty pancreas was diagnosed by s<strong>on</strong>ographic findings and subdivided into mild,moderate, and severe fatty pancreas groups comparing to the retroperit<strong>on</strong>eal fatechogenicity. Fatty pancreas was associated with higher levels for visceral fat, waistcircumference, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), totalcholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein, free fatty acid, gamma-GTP, insulin, and thehomeostasis model assessment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) than the c<strong>on</strong>trol group (P

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