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chronic obstructive pancreatitis

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chronic obstructive pancreatitis,
pancreatitis caused by dilatation of one of the major ducts proximal to an obstruction, usually from a tumor or scarring, which may be the result of earlier acute pancreatitis. Removal of the obstruction may improve pancreatic function.


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[4] However, duct obstruction is considered an essential fibrosis mechanism in chronic obstructive pancreatitis distal to a stricture of the pancreatic duct.
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