ea0021p160 | Diabetes and metabolism | SFEBES2009
Han Thang
, Abdurahman Shna
, Jones Gareth
, Kumar Anila
, Lowdell Mark
, Pratt Julian
, Powis Stephen
, Rolles Keith
, Rosenthal Miranda
, Press Martin
, Kurzawinski Tomasz
Total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatic pain is often deferred because it leaves the patient with unstable insulin-dependent diabetes. NICE (2008) has recently approved pancreatectomy with simultaneous islet autotransplantation and we here describe our first case. A 49-year-old female with a 6-year history of intractable, opioid requiring abdominal pain had become depressed to the point of suicide attempts. Imaging showed pancreatic atrophy and duct irregularity (subsequen...