Necrotizing pancreatitis during pregnancy: A rare cause and review of the literature |
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Authors: | Jessica E Gosnell MD Brian B O’Neill MD Hobart W Harris MD MEH |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Ponero Ave., Bldg. 1, Rm. 210, 94110 San Francisco, CA |
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Abstract: | Acute pancreatitis is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain during pregnancy, and rarely progresses to the necrotizing form
of the disease in this clinical setting. Hyperlipidemia is an infrequent cause of acute pancreatitis. Whereas only 100 cases
of hyperlipidemia-induced necrotizing pancreatitis have been reported in the literature to date, all of the cases were mild
in severity and responsive to conservative medical management. Herein we present a case of life-threatening necrotizing pancreatitis,
which developed in a hyperlipidemic pregnant woman and required multiple peripartum pancreatic necrosectomies. Additionally,
we review the evaluation of pregnant patients with abdominal pain, the pathophysiology of hyperlipidemia-induced necrotizing
pancreatitis, and the operative care of this challenging group of patients, revisiting an innovative technique for management
of the retroperitoneum. |
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Keywords: | Necrotizing pancreatitis hyperlipidemia gestational pancreatitis |
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