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23 lut 2018 · Five per cent of people older than 70 years and ten per cent older than 80 years have pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) with a faecal elastase-1 below 200 μg g −1 stool, and 5% have severe PEI with faecal elastase-1 below 100 μg g −1 stool. This may lead to maldigestion and malnutrition.
As part of the aging process, fibrotic changes, fatty infiltration, and parenchymal atrophy develop in the pancreas. The pancreatic duct also becomes wider with age. This article provides an overview of the diameter of the pancreatic duct in different age groups and different examination methods.
During childhood, the volume of the pancreas increases, reaching a plateau between 20 and 60 years, and declines thereafter. This decline involves the pancreatic parenchyma and is associated with decreased per-fusion, fibrosis and atrophy.
The pancreas undergoes an aging process with various morphological changes. Autopsy studies have reported that with advancing age fibrosis and lipomatosis occur in the pancreas, ductal epithelial changes are present, and the pancreatic duct may be wider than in younger individuals.
Methods: To define age-related pancreatogram changes, all endoscopic ret-rograde pancreatograms performed in patients older than 70 years of age over a 6-year period were analyzed and compared with those of a control group (younger than 50 years of age).
9 sie 2021 · Biliary lithiasis is the most frequent cause in these population (39.3%–70%). 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12 Lithogenic bile, delayed gallbladder emptying, and dilation of the bile duct may favor the development of AP in older people. 12 Biliary AP is significantly more frequent in the elderly compared with younger patients (56.4%–64.9% vs 20.2%–37.3 ...
1 sty 2019 · In a prospective endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) study of age-related changes in the pancreas, patients older than 60 years had wider pancreatic ducts in the head of the pancreas [median diameter in mm (interquartile range) = 2.9 (2.2 to 3.5)] than patients younger than 40 years [2.0 (1.6 to 2.2)]. 3 Similarly, duct diameters in the pancreatic ...
