Chronic pancreatitis is a debilitating condition often associated with severe abdominal pain
and exocrine and endocrine dysfunction. The underlying cause is multifactorial and involves
complex interaction of environmental, genetic, and/or other risk factors. The pathology is
dependent on the underlying pathogenesis of the disease. This review describes the
clinical, gross, and microscopic findings of the main subtypes of chronic pancreatitis:
alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, obstructive chronic pancreatitis, paraduodenal (“groove”) …