Complications of Acute Pancreatitis

IntroductIon Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory process of the pancreas, which has variable involvement of other regional tissues and/or remote organ systems. The disease can be classified as mild or severe depending on the extent of inflammation and organ involvement. Mild pancreatitis consists of interstitial (edematous) pancreatitis on imaging with minimal or no extrapancreatic organ dysfunction or involvement. Severe pancreatitis manifests with organ failure in addition to local complications such as pseudocysts, necrosis, abscess formation, fistulization, or vascular complications.1 This review focuses on the local complications of acute pancreatitis and their management thereof.