COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY FEATURES OF COMPLETE SPLENIC INFARCTION, CAVITATION AND SPONTANEOUS DECOMPRESSION COMPLICATING PANCREATITIS

Splenic infarction is a rare complication of pancreatitis. We present the case of a 34-year-old woman, who had undergone previous drainage o f a pancreatic pseudocyst, and who represented with left upper quadran t pain. Absence of enhancement of the splenic parenchyma during contra st enhanced computed tomography (CT) allowed confident diagnosis of co mplete splenic infarction. A later CT scan revealed splenic cavitation with spontaneous decompression into the stomach. The aetiology of the se unusual complications of pancreatitis is discussed.