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Pancreatic Necrosis

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What type of necrosis is pancreatitis (due to the trypsin/phosplipases destroying the pancreas itself)?? it was a question on a NBME, and i was confused between fat, coagulative, caseous,etc?
 
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What type of necrosis is pancreatitis (due to the trypsin/phosplipases destroying the pancrease itself)?? it was a question on a nbme, and i was confused between fat,coagulative,caseous,etc?
Yes definitely fat necrosis....

But guys what will be the type of necrosis in pancreas in case of pancreatic pseudo-cyst formation ....

Fat necrosis or liquefactive necrosis ??
 
#6 ·
Well in pancreatitis there is also enzymatic destruction of the pancreas and we call it fat necrosis...

May be it is called liquefactive due to the infection and resulting pus formation.....
 
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ya thats wut i was confused about i thought the pancreatitis itself is due to liquiefactive necrosis (due to neutrophil/macrophage releasing enzymes) and then the peripheral fat next to the pancreas was fat necrosis (due to the release of lipases from the necrotic pancreas)
 
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