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Objective: Starvation severely affects normal pancreatic function in children suffering from Kwashiorkor and in animals undergoing food deprivation. This study examines whether pancreatic size, as determined by ultrasound, is dependent on starvation or on eating patterns in patients with eating disorders. Method: In 109 inpatients with eating disorders, 86 with anorexia nervosa and 23 with bulimia nervosa, we determined the pancreatic size by means of abdominal ultrasonography before increase in weight. Twenty-four inpatients with other psychiatric disorders served as controls. Pancreatic size was defined by the maximal diameter and the length of the head, the diameter of the head at the confluence of the splenic and mesenteric veins, and the diameters of the body and tail. In 41 eating disorder patients, pancreatic size was also measured during the course of therapy and increase in weight. Results: Pancreatic size correlates highly with body mass index (BMI). Counteracting actions such as purging do not seem to influence this pathophysiologic finding. Dystrophy of the pancreas is reversible in a short period of time. The increase in pancreatic size after maintenance of a normal ea

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Author

Ulrich Cuntz; Guido Frank; Peter Lehnert; Manfred Fichter

Publisher

Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0276-3478)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)