Category: P

A standardized preparation of enzymes, principally lipase, with amylase and protease, obtained from the pancreas of the hog. It is used in treating conditions associated with deficient secretion from the pancreas.  

Any pathologic state of the pancreas.  

Destructive to pancreatic tissues.  

Destruction of the pancreas by pancreatic enzymes.  

Incision of the pancreas for removal of a stone.  

Stones in the duct system of the pancreas.  

A noninvasive test for chronic pancreatitis in which fluorescein dilaurate is administered orally with a meal. Patients with chronic pancreatitis secrete diminished amounts of digestive enzymes into the gastrointestinal tract. As a result they do not digest foods properly and suffer from malabsorption. In this test diminished release of exocrine enzymes by the pancreas results…

Produced in or by the pancreas; originating in the pancreas.  

Surgical anastomosis of the pancreatic duct, or a pancreatic fistula, to the duodenum.  

Excision of the head of the pancreas and the adjacent portion of the duodenum.