Association between intra-pancreatic fat deposition and diseases of the exocrine pancreas: A narrative review

Table 1 Nomenclature of the fat in the pancreas

Name	Definition
Pancreatic steatosis	The description of fat accumulation in the pancreatic gland
Fatty pancreas	Fatty accumulation in the pancreas
Pancreatic lipomatosis	The most frequent benign pathologic condition of the adult pancreas
Fatty infiltration of the pancreas	Deposition of a large amount of fat in the pancreas
Nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease	The accumulation of fat in pancreatic tissue (located within adipocytes)
Intra-pancreatic fat deposition	Diffuse presence of fat (measured on a continuous scale) within the pancreas; excludes peri-pancreatic (extra-lobular) fat