Concurrent acute pancreatitis and pericardial effusion.
While pleural effusion and ascites secondary to acute pancreatitis are common, clinically relevant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade are observed rarely. In a study by Pezzilli et al., pleural effusion was noted in 7 of the 21 patients with acute pancreatitis whereas the authors detected pericardial effusion development in only three. The authors asserted that pleural effusion was associated with severe acute pancreatitis, while pericardial effusion and the severity of acute pancreatitis were not significantly related.
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yusuf
Y
Kayar
Adnan Menderes University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aydin, Turkey.
Kenan Ahmet
KA
Turkdogan
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Birol
B
Baysal
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nigar
N
Gultekin
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ahmet
A
Danalioglu
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ali Tuzun
AT
Ince
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Hakan
H
Senturk
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications
Acute pancreatitis; pericardial effusion; pleural effusion