Non-Alcoholic Fatty Pancreas Disease: A Diagnosis of Increasing Importance.

The author reflects on non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFD) by citing a study on patients with both hepatic steatosis (HS) and NAFD. Based on the results, the patients showed greater carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) compared to patients with HS only. Other topics include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the abnormal peri-organ or intra-organ fat (APIFat) deposition as risk factor for metabolic and vascular diseases.