title: Cerebral infarction leading to hemiplegia: A rare complication of acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Peripancreatic vascular thrombosis is a known complication of acute pancreatitis (AP) and chronic pancreatitis. However, hemiplegia resulting from cerebral infarction due to cerebral arterial thrombosis is a rare complication of AP. Here, we report a case of alcohol related severe AP with multi-organ dysfunction, which was complicated by large left sided middle cerebral artery territory infarct - leading to right sided hemiplegia in a 48-year-old male patient. The neurological and vascular thrombotic complications of pancreatitis, their pathogenesis and management are discussed in brief.
authors: Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Dhanvantrinagar, Puducherry, India.
authors: Kolar Vishwanath
authors: KV
authors: Vinod
authors: Shailendra Prasad
authors: SP
authors: Verma
authors: Balasubramanian
authors: B
authors: Karthikeyan
authors: Ariga
authors: A
authors: Kishore
authors: Tarun Kumar
authors: TK
authors: Dutta
keywords: Complications; cerebral infarction; hemiplegia; pancreatitis; thrombosis