Chronic Pancreatitis in Elderly: Does Idiopathic Senile Pancreatitis Exist as an Entity?

Context null Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is not common in elderly people. Idiopathic senile pancreatitis (SP) was described 30 years ago, occurring over 50s, but very little information was reported since that first reported so far. Painless course, steatorrhea or diabetes, and pancreatic calcification were the clinical features. null Objective null This study was aimed at identifying presence and characteristics of SP in patients with CP aged >65...