Disseminated subcutaneous fat necrosis and elbow joint arthritis as a complication of pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Radoje Čólović,
Nikica Grubor,
Vladimir Radak,
Nataša Čolović,
Vitomir Ranković,
Stojan Latinčić,
Slavko Matić
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0809703c
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , complication , elbow , arthritis , surgery , rheumatoid arthritis , necrosis , fat necrosis , polyarthritis , acute pancreatitis , pathology
Intraabdominal fat necrosis of the retroperitoneum, mesenthery and omentum is a frequent complication of acute pancreatitis. Very rarely, during the disease multiple aseptic subcutaneous fat necrosis, polyarthritis, polyserositis, vasculitis, subcutaneous nodi and eosinophylia, isolated or in combination, may appear. They are known as "pancreatic disease syndrome".
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