title: Acute pancreatitis caused by leptospirosis: report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of acute pancreatitis with leptospirosis are reported in this article. CASE 1: A 68-year-old woman, presented initially with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice. She was in poor general condition, and had acute abdominal signs and symptoms on physical examination. Emergency laparotomy was performed, acute pancreatitis and leptospirosis were diagnosed on the basis of surgical findings and serological tests. The patient died on postoperative d 6. CASE 2: A 62-year-old man, presented with fever, jaundice, nausea, vomiting, and malaise. Acute pancreatitis associated with leptospirosis was diagnosed, according to abdominal CT scanning and serological tests. The patient recovered fully with antibiotic treatment and nutritional support within 19 d.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, HPB Unit, Uludag University School of Medicine, Gorukle-Bursa 16059, Turkey. ekremkaya@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dervisoglu
authors.forename: Cafer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eroglu
authors.forename: Cafer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunbul
authors.forename: Kayhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed