An unreported complication of acute pancreatitis.
Acute pancreatitis constitutes 3% of all admissions with abdominal pain. There are reports of osteal fat necrosis leading to periosteal reactions and osteolytic lesions following severe pancreatitis, particularly in long bones. A 54-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with acute pancreatitis, who later developed spinal discitis secondary to necrotizing pancreatitis. He was treated conservatively with antibiotics and after a month he recovered completely without any neurological deficit. This case is reported for its unusual and unreported spinal complications after acute pancreatitis.
Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. sur197@abdn.ac.uk
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015299:Discitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents