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autodigestion

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autodigestion /au·to·di·ges·tion/ (aw″to-di-jes´chun) self-digestion; autolysis; especially, digestion of the stomach wall and contiguous structures after death.
au·to·di·ges·tion t-d-jschn, -d-)
n.
See autolysis.

autodigestion,
a condition in which gastric juices in the pancreas or stomach digest the organ's own tissues.

autodigestion [aw″to-dĭ-jes´chun]
dissolution of tissue by its own secretions.

autodigestion
dissolution of tissue by its own secretions.

autodigestion
Pathology The release of enzymes from macrophages, resulting in tissue destruction linked to cell and tissue death in acute pancreatitis


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1) The pathophysiology is proposed to be autodigestion of the peripancreatic arterial wall secondary to released proteolytic enzymes or erosion of a pseudocyst into the artery and conversion of its cavity into a pseudoaneurysm.
In acute pancreatitis, the enzymes of the pancreas begin to digest the tissues of the gland itself in a process called autodigestion.
 
 
 
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