ISCHEMIC NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS - 2 CASE-REPORTS AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Pancreatic ischemia is a very rare etiology of clinical acute pancreat itis, complicating cardiac surgery, hemorrhagic shock, and transplanta tion of the pancreas. In this article, we present two patients with ac ute ischemic necrotizing pancreatitis, complicating a generalized athe romatous disease with extensive lesions in the splanchnic circulation (patient 1) and repair of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (patie nt 2). Diagnostic approach and management of ischemic necrotizing panc reatitis are discussed.