Olurin E O, Olurin O
Br Med J. 1969 Nov 29;4(5682):534-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5682.534.
Forty-five cases of pancreatic calcification are reported, and it is shown that in Western Nigeria this malady afflicts younger people than in Europe and the United States of America. Males and females seem about equally affected in Western Nigeria, whereas it predominantly affects males in France, Britain, and North America. Diabetes mellitus was the commonest complication in this series, and brought many patients to the doctor. In this series chronic relapsing pancreatitis was a rare cause; there was no history of alcoholism; and protein malnutrition was thought to be responsible for pancreatic calcification in over 90% of the patients.
报告了45例胰腺钙化病例，结果表明，在尼日利亚西部，这种疾病折磨的人群比在欧洲和美国的更为年轻。在尼日利亚西部，男性和女性受影响的程度似乎相当，而在法国、英国和北美，该病主要影响男性。糖尿病是该系列中最常见的并发症，许多患者因此就医。在该系列中，慢性复发性胰腺炎是一种罕见病因；没有酗酒史；超过90%的患者被认为胰腺钙化是由蛋白质营养不良所致。
