Exploring the metabolic syndrome: Nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease

Table 1 Nomenclature according to Smits and van Geenen[9]

Name	Definition
Pancreatic steatosis	General term for pancreatic fat accumulation
Pancreatic lipomatosis
Fatty pancreas
Lipomatous pseudohypertrophy	Extreme variant of pancreatic fat accumulation when the pancreas is enlarged uniformly or focally, the exocrine system is replaced by fat, and when no association can be found with obesity[10]
Fatty replacement	Death of acinar cells with subsequent replacement with adipocytes
Fatty infiltration	Infiltration of adipocytes owing to obesity
NAFPD	Pancreatic fat accumulation in association with obesity and metabolic syndrome
NASP	Pancreatitis owing to pancreatic fat accumulation

NAFPD: Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease; NASP: Non-alcoholic fatty steatopancreatitis.