Hydronephrosis as an Unusual Cause of Acute Pancreatitis

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: an Uncommon Cause of Pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis as an unusual complication of corrosive ingestion.

We read with great interest the case report “Unusual presentation and complication of caustic ingestion. Case report” by Lionte et al. in the March 2007 issue of Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases (1). We report a young patient who presented with acute corrosive ingestion and developed pancreatitis 10 days after ingestion. A 25 year old young female presented as an emergency case fo...

Medication as a Cause of Acute Pancreatitis

BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition of the pancreas characterized clinically by epigastric abdominal pain and elevated levels of pancreatic enzymes in the blood. Drug-induced pancreatitis has recently gained more attention and as a result, physicians are screening more frequently for medications as a cause of acute pancreatitis. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 74-year...

Fascioliasis: an exceptional cause of acute pancreatitis.

CONTEXT Fasciola hepatica is known to cause bile duct inflammation and biliary obstruction but is rarely reported as responsible for producing acute pancreatitis. CASE REPORT We report on a patient complaining of acute pancreatitis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography showed distinct features and sphincterotomy allowed extraction of multiple parasites. CONCLUSIONS Pancreatitis m...

P-HPB-20: Pancreatic ascariasis as an unusual cause of recurrent pancreatitis: An endoscopic ultrasound diagnosis

S23 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 the absence of ascariasis. There were no complications. Results: EUS features were single or multiple linear hyperechoic structure without acoustic shadowing in the pancreas divisum with central anechoic tube representing alimentary canal of the worm. Live roundworms were removed from papilla without undertaking sphincterotomy. I...