Table 4.
Frequency of pseudotumoral chronic pancreatitis in patients with chronic pancreatitis according to studies reported in the literature
| Ref. | Year | Number of patients (n) | Frequency of pseudotumor | Frequency of pancreatic cancer |
| 1Barthet et al[12] | 1996 | 85 | 6% | 3.5% |
| 2Burski et al[8] | 2012 | 436 | 29% | 13% |
| Current study | 2014 | 35 | 25% | 22% |
1
The time between diagnosis of pseudotumor and pancreatic cancer was not reported, only time of survival after diagnosis of pancreatic cancer;
2
The time between diagnosis of pseudotumor and pancreatic cancer reported was 4.2 mo.