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...

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...

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 ...

background: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (eg) is rare and is characterized by recurrent eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract and chronic diarrhea. in this report we present a case of eg with acute pancreatitis and deep vein thrombosis (dvt). case presentation: a 30 years old male was admitted to our hospital with the complaints of epigastric pain, vomitting and swelling of hi...

CONTEXT Azathioprine induced pancreatitis usually runs a benign self limited course with rapid disappearance of signs and symptoms upon with drawl of the drug. Azathioprine is used in treating relapses in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis and maintenance of remission in autoimmune hepatitis. Acute pancreatitis complicated by symptomatic pseudocysts requiring drainage is not usually associat...

Skin manifestation associated with pancreatitis can have various presentations. Skin manifestations such as Grey Turner sign or Cullen's sign are known and well documented findings of pancreatitis and carry significant prognostic value. However, livedo reticularis is a rare phenomenon in setting of pancreatitis. Here we report a case of 40 year old female who experiences recurrent episodes of l...

Background and Aims: To identify the severity of pancreatitis in patients diagnosed with acute biliary pancreatitis, it also seeks to assess congruence between revised Atlanta classification clinical laboratory findings prognostic scoring systems. Materials Methods: A total sixty-six were evaluated classification. Ranson score, Glasgow-Imrie Bedside Index Severity Acute Pancreatitis, Harmless P...

ABSTRACT Aim: In the present study, purpose was to examine clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients diagnosed with Acute Pancreatitis in a third-line Children’s Emergency Department, draw attention importance differential diagnosis children admitting abdominal pain. Materials Methods: The child who were acute pancreatitis at Çukurova University Faculty Medicine, Department Pediatric ...

Hereditary pancreatitis is a rare form of chronic recurrent pancreatitis. A family, in which 11 members had chronic pancreatitis, five had diabetes, and two had pancreatic cancer, was studied, and hereditary pancreatitis was diagnosed in all patients by demonstrating the mutation in exon 3 of the cationic trypsinogen gene (R117H). The clinical implications of genotypic analysis in hereditary pa...

AIM To investigate the clinical course of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients who develop acute pancreatitis. METHODS We analyzed 3307 UC patients from the inflammatory bowel disease registry at Asan Medical Center from June 1989 to May 2015. The clinical course of UC patients who developed acute pancreatitis was compared with that of non-pancreatitis UC patients. RESULTS Among 51 patients who...