TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute necrotizing pancreatitis caused by ampullary cancer
T2 - a case report
AU - Moyon, Miguel A.
AU - Fernandez, Tatiana B.
AU - Lopez, Carlos Julio
AU - Flores, Luis F.
AU - Rosales, Jose A.
AU - Aguayo, William
AU - Rojas, Christian
AU - Molina, Gabriel A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/9/1
Y1 - 2024/9/1
N2 - Ampullary malignancies are extremely rare tumors that are usually diagnosed when they cause biliary obstruction. Rarely, any tumor or mass near or within the pancreas can cause acute pancreatitis and on even rarer occasions, these tumors can cause severe complications such as acute peripancreatic fluid collections, necrotizing pancreatitis, and infections. As a medical team, we must embrace these difficulties and these dreadful scenarios, as they are opportunities for growth for the medical team and opportunities to save even more patients. We present the case of a 59-year-old male who suddenly presented acute severe pancreatitis with necrosis and infection due to an ampullary mass. After recovery, he was referred to a tertiary center, where his cancer was successfully treated.
AB - Ampullary malignancies are extremely rare tumors that are usually diagnosed when they cause biliary obstruction. Rarely, any tumor or mass near or within the pancreas can cause acute pancreatitis and on even rarer occasions, these tumors can cause severe complications such as acute peripancreatic fluid collections, necrotizing pancreatitis, and infections. As a medical team, we must embrace these difficulties and these dreadful scenarios, as they are opportunities for growth for the medical team and opportunities to save even more patients. We present the case of a 59-year-old male who suddenly presented acute severe pancreatitis with necrosis and infection due to an ampullary mass. After recovery, he was referred to a tertiary center, where his cancer was successfully treated.
KW - acute pancreatitis
KW - ampullary cancers
KW - necrotizing pancreatitis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204085392&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jscr/rjae575
DO - 10.1093/jscr/rjae575
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85204085392
SN - 2042-8812
VL - 2024
JO - Journal of Surgical Case Reports
JF - Journal of Surgical Case Reports
IS - 9
M1 - rjae575
ER -