[Stenosis of the celiac artery as cause of chronic recurrent pancreatitis (author's transl)].

Report on three clinical examples of the interrelation between chronic recurrent pancreatitits and external compression which cause a stenosis of the celiac artery. If clarification of the etiology of recurrent pancreatitis with the usual examinations is impossible, angiography is very important. A causal therapy is only possible by means of surgical treatment of the stenosis.