Fatty pancreas was associated with a higher acute pancreatitis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome score at hospital admission

摘要

Pancreatic fat infiltration was shown to be linked with acute pancreatitis and probably its severity. These interesting findings merit more investigation to elucidate the effect of fatty pancreas on acute pancreatitis severity. We performed a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with documented acute pancreatitis. Pancreatic fat was determined according to pancreas attenuation on computed tomography. Patients were divided into two groups, with and without fatty pancreas. The Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) score was compared. Overall, 409 patients were hospitalized with acute pancreatitis. Among them, 48 patients had fatty pancreas (group A), vs. 361 patients who did not (group B). The mean ± SD age in group A was 54.6?±?21.3, vs. 57.6?±?16.8 in group B ( P ?=?0.51). Patients in group A, had a significantly higher rate of fatty liver, as compared to group B (85.4% vs. 35.5%, P ?