title: Inguinoscrotal extension of a pancreatic collection: a rare complication of pancreatitis-case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Pancreatitis associated with the extension of a pancreatic collection, pseudocyst or abscess into the groin is a rare phenomenon with few reports in the English literature. Nevertheless, it remains a clinically important differential diagnosis as it may be mistaken for more common pathologies in the groin and with a subsequent unnecessary surgical intervention. A case of this rare complication of pancreatitis is reported, together with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. christos.skouras@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skouras
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skouras
authors.forename: Madhava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zacharakis
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spalding
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D012611:Scrotum