Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v16i2.25.318
Year: 2026, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 36-40
Original Article
Indrani Dey1*, Sanjay Sengupta2, Sohanjan Chakraborty3, Nitish Kumar Sen4
1Final year MBBS student, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
2Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Pathology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
3Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
4Statistician cum Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding Author
email: [email protected]
Received Date:11 August 2025, Accepted Date:29 November 2025, Published Date:15 June 2026
Background: The magnitude of acute and chronic pancreatitis is increasing with rising rates of alcohol consumption. Aim and objective: The aim of the study was to describe the effect of alcoholism in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic pancreatitis cases as well as to assess the clinical presentations and investigational findings of these cases. Methods: This observational retrospective study with cross sectional design was conducted based on records of the patients admitted with acute and chronic pancreatitis between October 2022 and October 2024 at Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital. Results: Out of 348 patients, 120 had Acute Pancreatitis (alcoholic: 44; non-alcoholic: 76) and 228 had Chronic Pancreatitis (alcoholic: 172; non-alcoholic: 56). Among both types of pancreatitis cases mean age and mean bilirubin was higher among alcoholics with comparison to non-alcoholics but the mean ESR, lipase, amylase, ALP levels were higher among non-alcoholics. All the cases of acute pancreatitis presented with abdominal pain and 90.9% of those with alcoholism presented with vomiting. 95.3% alcoholic and all non-alcoholic patients with chronic pancreatitis presented with abdominal pain. While 71.4% alcoholic and 48.8% non-alcoholic with chronic pancreatitis presented with vomiting. The commonest aetiologies of acute pancreatitis were: gallstone (43.33%), alcohol (30%), idiopathic (26.66%) whereas those of chronic pancreatitis were: alcohol (71.92%), idiopathic (24.56%), gallstone (3.5%). The most common radiological features of chronic pancreatitis were pancreatic calcification and pseudocyst. Conclusion: Biochemical and haematological parameters were more elevated in patients suffering from acute and chronic pancreatitis with non-alcoholism compared to those with alcoholism.
Keywords: Acute Pancreatitis, Chronic Pancreatitis, Alcoholics, Non-alcoholics
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