Fatty pancreas was associated with a higher acute pancreatitis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome score at hospital admission (Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol .)

Pancreatic fat infiltration was shown to be linked with acute pancreatitis and probably its severity. These interesting findings merit more investigation to elucidate the effect of fatty pancreas on acute pancreatitis severity.

(Wisam Sbeit, Fares Abu Elheja, Botros Msheiil, Amir Shahin, Sharbel Khoury, Moeen Sbeit, Tawfik Khoury)