autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (adpkd) is an inherited disorder associated with multiple cyst formation in the different organs. development of pancreatic cyst in adpkd is often asymptomatic and is associated with no complication. a 38‑year‑old man with adpkd was presented with six episodes of acute pancreatitis and two episodes of cholangitis in a period of 12 months. various ima...

necrotizing soft tissue infections (nstis) are polymicrobial infections with high morbidity and mortality. we report a case of retroperitoneal nsti in an immunocompetent young male, with clinical symptoms and signs mimicking acute pancreatitis (pseudo-cullen’s and pseudo-grey-turner’s signs). the initiating lesion was a pustule which progressed and mimicked acute pancreatitis. ct scan showed fe...

Objective: In recent years, there has been a great attention concerning red blood cell distribution width (RDW) in clinical decisions as well as determining the severity of diseases. This study was conducted to evaluate the primary level of RDW to predict hospital mortality in pancreatitis. Methods: This was a descriptive analytical study performed on 100 pati...

background acute pancreatitis is the most common serious complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) that can occasionally be fatal. multiple drugs have been examined for the prevention of this side effect, with generally uncertain results. this study is an effort to prevent this complication by the use of oral n-acetyl cysteine (nac). methods a total of 100 patients w...

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Artificial neural networks are intelligent systems that have successfully been used for prediction in different medical fields. In this study, the efficiency of a neural network for predicting the survival of patients with acute pancreatitis is compared with days-of-survival obtained from patients. A three- layer back-propagation neural network was developed for this purpose. Clinical data (e.g...

CONTEXT Growing evidence suggests that recurrent acute pancreatitis leads to chronic pancreatitis, but this sequence is seldom reported in human subjects. The sentinel acute pancreatitis event hypothesis suggests that an initial episode of acute pancreatitis is the first step in a complicated series of events ultimately leading to chronic pancreatitis. OBJECTIVE To identify patients who evolv...

Hospital Physician January 2009 A cute pancreatitis describes an acute inflammatory process of the pancreas that can range from mild interstitial pancreatitis to severe pancreatitis with pancreatic necrosis and concomitant multiorgan failure. Acute pancreatitis is typically rapid in onset and most commonly encountered in its mild form. In 2005, more than 230,000 patients were treated for acute ...

CONTEXT Release of oxygen free radicals is increased in acute pancreatitis, but whether this can be used to predict clinical severity is not known. OBJECTIVE This study assesses whether plasma concentrations of malondialdehyde (a marker of lipid peroxidation) and superoxide dismutase (an oxygen free radical scavenger) can be used to predict severity of acute pancreatitis. PATIENTS Fifty-one...

Acute pancreatitis is a common disease with an annual incidence of between 5 and 80 people per 100,000 of the population. The two major etiological factors responsible for acute pancreatitis are alcohol and cholelithiasis (gallstones). The proportion of patients with pancreatitis caused by alcohol or gallstones varies markedly in different countries and regions. The incidence of acute alcoholic...