Non-alcoholic duct destructive chronic pancreatitis: a histological, immunohistochemical and in-situ apoptosis study of 18 cases

Aims: To assess retrospectively pancreatic changes in non‐alcoholic duct‐destructive chronic pancreatitis and to investigate the role of apoptosis in duct destruction. Methods and results: Eighteen patients (mean age 46 years, nine women and nine men) underwent pancreatic resection for suspected pancreatic tumour and were diagnosed as having non‐alcoholic duct‐destructive chronic pancreatitis. We performed a morphological study either...