Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report

Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Acute pancreatitis rarely complicates pregnancy. Although most pregnant women with acute pancreatitis have associated gallstones, less common causes such as drugs have been reported.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <...

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Main Authors: Amini Hashem, Hallberg Ebba, Hallberg Pär
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-04-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6874/4/1
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spelling doaj-4a0c8e387fab42d6ab45e0a5f299893d2020-11-25T00:41:46ZengBMCBMC Women's Health1472-68742004-04-0141110.1186/1472-6874-4-1Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case reportAmini HashemHallberg EbbaHallberg Pär<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Acute pancreatitis rarely complicates pregnancy. Although most pregnant women with acute pancreatitis have associated gallstones, less common causes such as drugs have been reported.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 34-year-old woman who underwent medical abortion with mifepristone and gemeprost and received codeine as pain-relief during the induction of abortion. She developed a severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis which required 14 days of intensive care. Other possible etiological factors, i.e. gallstone, alcohol intake and hyperlipidemia, were excluded.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The reported case of acute pancreatitis was most likely drug-induced.</p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6874/4/1
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Hallberg Ebba
Hallberg Pär
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Hallberg Pär
Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report
BMC Women's Health
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Hallberg Ebba
Hallberg Pär
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title Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report
title_short Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report
title_full Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report
title_fullStr Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: Case report
title_sort acute pancreatitis following medical abortion: case report
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series BMC Women's Health
issn 1472-6874
publishDate 2004-04-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Acute pancreatitis rarely complicates pregnancy. Although most pregnant women with acute pancreatitis have associated gallstones, less common causes such as drugs have been reported.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 34-year-old woman who underwent medical abortion with mifepristone and gemeprost and received codeine as pain-relief during the induction of abortion. She developed a severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis which required 14 days of intensive care. Other possible etiological factors, i.e. gallstone, alcohol intake and hyperlipidemia, were excluded.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The reported case of acute pancreatitis was most likely drug-induced.</p>
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