[Acute pancreatitis due to a metallic foreign body].
We report a case of acute pancreatitis caused by a metallic foreign body located in the pancreatic head in a 38-Year-old woman. Only 15 cases of acute pancreatitis due to foreign bodies, metallic in five cases, have been published to date. In our case, diagnosis was established by the computed tomography scan. The patient declined surgery.
Rezgui-Marhoul
Lamia
L
Service d'imagerie médicale, CHU Mongi Slim, La Marsa, Tunisie. lamia_rezgui@yahoo.fr
Saïd
Wassim
W
Askri
Anis
A
Douira
Wiem
W
Dali
Nadida
N
Dridi
Lassaad
L
Hendaoui
Lotfi
L
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008670:Metals