Table 1.

Summary Data on 12 Patients With Definite Pancreatitis After Renal Transplantation^*

No. of Cases
Diagnosis established at		Laparotomy	Autopsy
		4	8
Localization of lesions		Whole pancreas	Distal part only
		9	3
Time of diagnosis after transplantation		<1 mo	1 mo-1 yr	>1 yr
		4	4	4
Serum amylase, highest value†		<200 units	200–1,000 units	>1,000 units
		1	3	6
Creatinine clearance at time of diagnosis		None	<40 ml/min	>40 ml/min
		3	5	4
Treatment of pancreatitis		Conservative	Drainage	Distal pancreatic resection
		8	1	3‡
Outcome		Recovered	Died of pancreatitis	Died with multiple complications
		1	5	6

^*All underwent bilateral nephrectomies and splenectomy concomitant with the transplantation.

^†Caraway or iodometric units except in one case with a level of 1,370 Close-Street units. In two patients no amylase data are available.

^‡In one of the patients the whole pancreas was diseased.