title: Acute necrotic pancreatitis after esophagectomy: a case report.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis after esophagectomy is a very rare but fatal complication. This case report describes a 74-year-old man diagnosed with cT2N0M0, cStage IB esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (Union for International Cancer Control, seventh edition). On the basis of the patient's condition, it was decided that he should undergo esophagectomy without thoracotomy. The patient developed pyrexia 3 days after the operation. Chest and abdominal computed tomography revealed severe acute pancreatitis and gastric tube necrosis; therefore, gastrectomy was performed. Subsequent surgical exploration indicated pancreatic necrosis that was diagnosed as acute necrotic pancreatitis. Postoperative management of acute pancreatitis and the general condition of the patient were quite challenging, and rapid deterioration of the respiratory status was observed. The patient experienced multiple organ failure and died 57 days after the second surgery (60 days after the first surgery). This is a report of a patient with acute necrotic pancreatitis after esophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. 98020kk@jichi.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamorita
authors.affiliation: Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. y.tsubosa@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsubosa
authors.affiliation: Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. y.oka@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Yurika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.affiliation: Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. s.matsuda@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.affiliation: Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. k.takebayashi@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Katsushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takebayashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Esophageal Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. m.niihara@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niihara
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. yu.okamura@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Yukiyasu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan. k.uesaka@scchr.jp.
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uesaka
keywords: Acute pancreatitis; Esophageal carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Gastric tube necrosis; Postoperative complication