Prostaglandin release in canine acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis.

Survival after profound hypocalcaemia with tetany complicating severe haemorrhagic acute pancreatitis.

A patient is reported who developed severe haemorrhagic pancreatitis, without hyperamylasemia, which was complicated by gross hypocalcaemia presenting as tetany. Tetany is very uncommon in acute pancreatitis and is a grave prognostic indicator, recovery being exceptionally rare. The mechanisms responsible for disordered calcium homeostasis associated with acute pancreatitis are reviewed. CT sca...

Infectious mononucleosis, ruptured spleen and Cullen's sign.

Although Cullen' s sign is usually associated with haemorrhagic pancreatitis, this report describes a case in which it occurred in a patient with infectious mononucleosis and non-traumatic rupture of the spleen. Thomas Stephen Cullen (1869-1953) professor of gynaecology at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore USA, gave his name to a peri-umbilical ecchymosis resulting from a haemoperito...

Dopamine in models of alcoholic acute pancreatitis.

Acute oedematous pancreatitis and acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis were studied using the low pressure duct perfusion models of alcoholic pancreatitis in cats. After creating either form over 24 hours, each pancreas was histologically graded and assigned an inflammatory score (0-16; absent-severe). Urinary trypsinogen activation peptide concentrations were also used as a measure of severity. Usi...

Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis following L-asparaginase therapy in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia --a case report.

Haemorrhagic necrosis of small intestine and acute pancreatitis following open-heart surgery.

Haemorrhagic necrosis of the small intestine has been described in association with numerous clinical conditions (Berger and Byrne, 1961; Marston, 1962; McGovern and Goulton, 1965). It has also been recorded following open-heart surgery for correction of aortic incompetence (Robertson and Dodds, 1964). Up to 31 January 1967 a total of 168 valve replacements had been carried out at this hospital...