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Hereditary pancreatitis

Definition:

Hereditary pancreatitis is a very rare form of chronic relapsing pancreatitis. Its inheritance mode is autosomal dominant with an incomplete penetrance (80%). Patients had recurrent pancreatitis with impairment of endocrine and exocrine pancreatic function, maldigestion, bile duct and duodenal obstruction, and rarely pancreatic cancer. The age of onset is early and differs from the cases of non-hereditary pancreatitis.

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