ICD-11 definition : Tropical pancreatitis is a rare pancreatic disease of juvenile onset occurring mainly
in tropical developing countries and characterized by chronic non-alcoholic pancreatitis
manifesting with abdominal pain, steatorrhoea and fibrocalculous pancreatopathy .
It is also commonly associated with the development of pancreatic calculi and pancreatic
cancer at a much higher frequency than seen in ordinary chronic pancreatitis.;
Tropical pancreatitis is a rare pancreatic disease of juvenile onset occurring mainly
in tropical developing countries and characterized by chronic non-alcoholic pancreatitis
manifesting with abdominal pain, steatorrhoea and fibrocalculous pancreatopathy .
It is also commonly associated with the development of pancreatic calculi and pancreatic
cancer at a much higher frequency than seen in ordinary chronic pancreatitis.