Acute Pancreatitis with Preeclampsia and Eclampsia-A Diagnostic Dilemma
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Acute pancreatitis is a rare event in pregnancy, which can have a high maternal mortality and fetal loss. Gallstone disease is thought to be responsible for about 70% of these cases. Here, we present two cases of acute pancreatitis with preeclampsia-eclampsia in the third trimester of pregnancy which was initially not diagnosed as pancreatitis and as a result we lost one patient . Investigation undertaken led to the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017