SEVERE NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS CAUSED BY ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING

Authors
PANIERI E KRIGE JE BORNMAN PC LINTON DM
Citation
E. Panieri et al., SEVERE NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS CAUSED BY ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING, Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 25(2), 1997, pp. 463-465
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of clinical gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01920790
Volume
25
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
463 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-0790(1997)25:2<463:SNPCBO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Pancreatitis secondary to organophosphate insecticide toxicity is rare and is believed to follow a subclinical and uneventful course. We rep ort two cases of severe acute pancreatitis complicated by pancreatic n ecrosis and retroperitoneal sepsis in which the diagnosis was obscured by the systemic effects of organophosphate toxicity. Awareness of thi s complication should prompt earlier investigation because early diagn osis coupled with timely therapeutic measures may improve patient prog nosis.