Open AccessAcute pancreatitis after upper endoscopy
Author(s) -
Patrick Wu,
Hope Hubbard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v3n4p41
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopy , acute pancreatitis , esophageal varices , pancreatitis , complication , varices , upper endoscopy , general surgery , cirrhosis , gastroenterology , surgery , portal hypertension
A 50-year-old man with child’s A cirrhosis from steatohepatitis presented for a routine upper endoscopy to screen for gastro-esophageal varices. He subsequently developed acute pancreatitis after this procedure. Here we report a case of acute pancreatitis occurring as a rare complication after an uneventful, diagnostic upper endoscopy. A review of the literature as well as possible etiologic factors are described.
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