Emphysematous Pancreatitis Mimicking Bowel Perforation

Emphysematous pancreatitis is a rare complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis, which carries a mortality rate of up to 70%. It has only been described in isolated case reports. We report a patient who presented with suspected bowel perforation and was subsequently found to have emphysematous p...

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Autores principales: Sandhu, Sunny, Alhankawi, Dhuha, Chintanaboina, Jayakrishna, Prajapati, Devang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8294876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307719
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000641
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author Sandhu, Sunny
Alhankawi, Dhuha
Chintanaboina, Jayakrishna
Prajapati, Devang
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description Emphysematous pancreatitis is a rare complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis, which carries a mortality rate of up to 70%. It has only been described in isolated case reports. We report a patient who presented with suspected bowel perforation and was subsequently found to have emphysematous pancreatitis that was managed successfully with multidisciplinary team involvement.
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spelling pubmed-82948762021-07-22 Emphysematous Pancreatitis Mimicking Bowel Perforation Sandhu, Sunny Alhankawi, Dhuha Chintanaboina, Jayakrishna Prajapati, Devang ACG Case Rep J Case Report Emphysematous pancreatitis is a rare complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis, which carries a mortality rate of up to 70%. It has only been described in isolated case reports. We report a patient who presented with suspected bowel perforation and was subsequently found to have emphysematous pancreatitis that was managed successfully with multidisciplinary team involvement. Wolters Kluwer 2021-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8294876/ /pubmed/34307719 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000641 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Sandhu, Sunny
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title_full Emphysematous Pancreatitis Mimicking Bowel Perforation
title_fullStr Emphysematous Pancreatitis Mimicking Bowel Perforation
title_full_unstemmed Emphysematous Pancreatitis Mimicking Bowel Perforation
title_short Emphysematous Pancreatitis Mimicking Bowel Perforation
title_sort emphysematous pancreatitis mimicking bowel perforation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8294876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307719
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000641
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