Pancreatic fat in type 2 diabetes: Causal or coincidental?

Table 1 Nomenclature of pancreatic fat accumulation

Name	Definition
Pancreatic steatosis or fatty pancreas or pancreatic lipomatosis	General terminology for accumulation of pancreatic fat
Lipomatous pseudohypertrophy	An extreme form of pancreatic fat accumulation with uniform or focal enlargement of the pancreas and replacement of exocrine system by adipose tissue which is unrelated to obesity
Fatty replacement	Replacement with adipocytes following death of pancreatic acinar cells
Fatty infiltration	Obesity-related infiltration of the pancreas with adipocytes
NAFPD	Pancreatic fat accumulation along with obesity and metabolic syndrome
Non-alcoholic fatty steatopancreatitis	Pancreatitis resulting from accumulation of pancreatic fat

NAFPD: Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease.