title: Necrotising pancreatitis presenting as a painful mass in the groin and sepsis.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis is typically associated with classical clinical and radiological features. The sensitivity of CT to diagnose acute pancreatitis depends on the severity of the attack and ranges from 77% to 92% with a specificity approaching 100%. Despite the fact this is a common disease, there are myriad clinical presentations of acute pancreatitis. We report herein an especially rare presentation where severe acute necrotising pancreatitis presented with a tender inguinoscrotal swelling with a normal pancreas on CT imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. kaosulli@tcd.ie
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guiney
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage; D006119:Groin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed