title: Malignant hypertension presenting as acute pancreatitis.
abstract: We report a patient who was admitted to hospital with acute pancreatitis but who also had malignant phase hypertension. Whilst his alcohol intake was high, there was no objective evidence of alcoholic liver disease and no other underlying cause for pancreatitis was found. The pancreatitis may therefore have been due to pancreatic infarctions associated with fibrinoid necrosis. In all patients with acute pancreatitis, the diagnosis of malignant hypertension should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D009543:Nifedipine