Appendicitis as a Complication of Acute Pancreatitis; A Case Report

Abstract

Large bowel complications of acute pancreatitis are rare and always occur in the adjacent colon including transverse colon and splenic flexure colon. In this article, we report a 35-year-old man with acute pancreatitis (Ranson’s score 2) who presented with severe abdominal pain in the emergency department. He had a history suggesting recent acute pancreatitis and also symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis at the time of admission. After primary cares, he underwent open appendectomy according to the computed tomography results. The report of pathology and analysis of the exudate around the appendix confirmed appendicitis as a complication of acute pancreatitis. This rare case report denotes that acute appendicitis was a complication of acute pancreatitis. However, more studies are required to define the relationship between pancreatitis and appendicitis.