Open AccessAn Unusual Case of Intra-Abdominal Apoplexy
Author(s) -
Nikos Makris,
Judith Bellapart,
Robert Boots
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anaesthesia and intensive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1448-0271
pISSN - 0310-057X
DOI - 10.1177/0310057x0803600218
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , vasculitis , vascular disease , syphilis , disease , pathology , surgery , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Abdominal apoplexy is an uncommon disorder, typically due to atheromatous vascular disease, inflammatory processes such as pancreatitis eroding into large blood vessels or vasculitis. We describe an unusual case due to unrecognised syphilis masquerading as pancreatitis.
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