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. 2025 Jan 14;31(2):101180. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i2.101180

Table 1.

Nomenclature of the fat in the pancreas

Name
Definition
Pancreatic steatosis The description of fat accumulation in the pancreatic gland
Fatty pancreas Fatty accumulation in the pancreas
Pancreatic lipomatosis The most frequent benign pathologic condition of the adult pancreas
Fatty infiltration of the pancreas Deposition of a large amount of fat in the pancreas
Nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease The accumulation of fat in pancreatic tissue (located within adipocytes)
Intra-pancreatic fat deposition Diffuse presence of fat (measured on a continuous scale) within the pancreas; excludes peri-pancreatic (extra-lobular) fat