[Acute pancreatitis due to a metallic foreign body]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2004 Mar;28(3):299-300. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(04)94921-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of acute pancreatitis caused by a metallic foreign body located in the pancreatic head in a 38-Year-old woman. Only 15 cases of acute pancreatitis due to foreign bodies, metallic in five cases, have been published to date. In our case, diagnosis was established by the computed tomography scan. The patient declined surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Metals
  • Pancreatitis / etiology*
  • Pancreatitis / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Metals