title: Persistent duodenal obstruction secondary to pancreatitis. Report of two cases.
abstract: Two male alcoholics with persistent duodenal obstruction due to relapsing acute pancreatitis are reported. Both patients were operated upon with gastrojejunostomy. One of the patients had a transient obstruction of the colon at the left flexure. The gut impairment has been followed roentgenologically and by gastroduodenoscopy. The literature concerning intestinal obstruction caused by pancreatitis is reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography