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Three cases of chronic pancreatitis occurring in patients with small intestinal diverticulosis and bacterial overgrowth are reported. In two of the cases, pancreatic supplements were therapeutically beneficial (the third being unable to tolerate them). Two of the patients also developed diverticular perforation. The possible nature of the association between small intestinal diverticulosis and chronic pancreatitis is discussed.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Postgrad Med J

Publication Date

11/1988

Volume

64

Pages

893 - 896

Keywords

Aged, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde, Chronic Disease, Diverticulum, Female, Humans, Intestinal Perforation, Jejunal Diseases, Malabsorption Syndromes, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatitis