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Última revisión: 14 Mar 2025
Última actualización: 06 Feb 2024

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • dolor abdominal
  • esteatorrea
  • ictericia

Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • pérdida de peso y desnutrición
  • diabetes mellitus/intolerancia a la glucosa
  • náuseas y vómitos
  • hinchazón y/o flatulencia excesiva
  • nódulos cutáneos
  • dolor en las articulaciones
  • fractura por traumatismo leve
  • distensión abdominal
  • disnea

Factores de riesgo

  • alcohol
  • tabaquismo
  • antecedentes familiares
  • enfermedad celíaca
  • psoriasis
  • dieta de alto contenido en grasas y proteínas
  • geografía tropical

Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • tomografía computarizada (TC) o resonancia magnética (RM)
  • ecoendoscopia
  • colangiopancreatografía por resonancia magnética con secretina (CPRM-S)

Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • examen histológico
  • pruebas genéticas
  • pruebas indirectas de función pancreática (elastasa fecal-1)
  • grasa fecal
  • esteatocrito
  • pruebas directas de función pancreática
  • niveles de inmunoglobulina G4 (IgG4)
  • protocolo terapéutico de corticosteroides

Algoritmo de tratamiento

Colaboradores

Autores

Matthew J. DiMagno, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Michigan School of Medicine

Ann Arbor

MI

Divulgaciones

MJD has received grant support from National Institutes of Health. MJD has received honoraria and/or royalties from Oakstone Publishing and William M. Steinberg Board Review in Gastroenterology and Best Practices Course for publications and presentations related to pancreatic disorders. He has consulted for AbbVie, Chiesi, Nestlé, and Vivus. MJD sits on committees, advisory boards, and/or editorial boards for the AGA Institute, National Pancreas Foundation Michigan Chapter, Faculty of 1000 Research, Pancreatology, the Pancreapedia, and Pancreas.

Erik-Jan Wamsteker, MD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Michigan School of Medicine

Ann Arbor

MI

Divulgaciones

EJW declares that he has no competing interests.

Allen Lee, MD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Burlington

VT

Divulgaciones

AL has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Revisores por pares

Christopher Forsmark, MD

Professor of Medicine

Chief

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

Divulgaciones

CF is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Jakob R. Izbicki, MD, FACS

Chairman, Surgeon in Chief

Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery

University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg

Germany

Divulgaciones

JRI declares that he has no competing interests.

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