Table 1. Common Nomenclature for Pancreatic Steatosis as Described by Smits and van Geenen [11].

Nomenclature	Definition
Pancreatic lipomatosis	General terms that can be used for all forms of pancreatic fat accumulation
Pancreatic steatosis
Fatty pancreas
Lipomatous pseudohypertrophy	An extreme variant of pancreatic fat accumulation when pancreas is enlarged (uniformly or focally), the exocrine system is replaced by fat, and when no association can be found with obesity.
Fatty replacement	Damage of pancreatic acinar cells leading to their death which then results in their replacement in the pancreas by adipocytes (usually irreversible).
Fatty infiltration	Pancreatic infiltration of adipocytes caused by obesity (possibly reversed by weight reduction and appropriate medications).
Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease	Pancreatic fat accumulation in association with obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Non-alcoholic fatty steatopancreatitis	Pancreatitis owing to pancreatic fat accumulation.