Misdiagnosis of abdominal pain in pregnancy: acute pancreatitis.
We report a case of acute pancreatitis in a pregnant woman who presented to our emergency department with complaints of severe abdominal pain, was misdiagnosed as scar dehiscence and underwent emergency repeat caesarean section at 33 wks for fetal distress. The preterm baby developed severe respiratory distress and succumbed on the second postnatal day. Persistent severe pain in the postoperative period in the mother prompted further evaluation which led to a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. Conservative and supportive management was instituted leading to an eventual favourable maternal outcome.
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College , Puducherry, India .
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Pallavee
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College , Puducherry, India .
Sunita
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Samal
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College , Puducherry, India .
Shweta
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Gupta
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College , Puducherry, India .
Jasmina
J
Begum
Professor and Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College , Puducherry, India .
Seetesh
S
Ghose
Acute pancreatitis; Management; Pregnancy