Emphysematous Pancreatitis: A Rare Complication of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis.
Acute necrotizing pancreatitis
emphysematous pancreatitis
infection
Journal
European journal of case reports in internal medicine
ISSN: 2284-2594
Titre abrégé: Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101648453
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
02
02
2020
accepted:
03
02
2020
entrez:
12
6
2020
pubmed:
12
6
2020
medline:
12
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Emphysematous pancreatitis is a rare and fatal complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. We report a radioclinical observation of a 61-year-old female patient who consulted for epigastric pain radiating to the back, associated with vomiting and elevated lipasaemia more than 3 times the normal value. The abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan carried out on the fourth day of hospitalization, based on worsening of the clinical condition, showed pancreatic necrosis associated with the presence of air bubbles. Percutaneous puncture of a peripancreatic collection was positive for Emphysematous pancreatitis is a rare and fatal complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis.Abdominal CT allows for suspicion of this pathology based on the intra- and/or peripancreatic presence of air.The diagnosis is confirmed by the isolation of the bacterial agent in peripancreatic needle aspiration fluid.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32523917
doi: 10.12890/2020_001550
pii: 1550-1-12518-1-10-20200401
pmc: PMC7279907
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
001550Informations de copyright
© EFIM 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interests: The Authors declare that there are no competing interests.
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