Stenosis of the colon following acute pancreatitis.

Introduction Acute pancreatitis is followed by complications in between 12% (Trapnell, 1971) and 38% (Lukash, 1967) of cases. Colonic complications are rare but include spasm (Schwartz and Nadelhaft, 1957), stenosis with or without obstruction (Miln and Barclay, 1952), pancreatico-colonic fistula (Berne and Edmondson, 1966), necrosis (Katz, Dorman and Aufses, 1974) and perforation (Gatch and Brickley, 1951). Colonic stenosis following acute pancreatitis was first described by Forlini in 1927 and three cases have subsequently been reported from Great Britain.