LOCAL-FOCAL necrotizing haemorrhagic acute pancreatitis : a case report and review of literature

Abstract EN

A rare case of a twenty-six years old male, presented to emergency department of Mosul General Hospital in Mosul, as acute abdomen, on exploration, acute local- focal necrotizing pancreatitis was found, presented as a tumour like swelling related to the distal part of pancreas, treated by necrosectomy (distal pancreatectomy), followed-up for 10 years without any sequelae, complications or recurrence.

The present report documents a careful necrosectomy as the basic principle of surgical management of patients with focal necrotizing pancreatitis, which was supported by many other reports, published recently abroad.