Abstract

CASAS, Jorge; SUAREZ, Gissela; JIMENEZ, Sofía  and  VERONA, Rogger. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis by a foreign body. First worldwide report secondary to a match impactation. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2010, vol.30, n.3, pp.224-227. ISSN 1022-5129.

Pancreatitis caused by foreign bodies is exceptionally rare. It has been described: needles, surgical clips, sutures, belt buckles, toothpicks, spines of fish, chicken feathers and bezoars. This is the first case reported in world literature caused by a match ("cerillo"). A 73-year-old women, admitted with the diagnostic of severe necrotizing pancreatitis, APACHE score 12, during 36 hours following the admission she developed refractory hypotension, acute renal failure and finally died. The necropsy showed: extensive necrosis that compromise the whole pancreas and a match impacted in the duct of Wirsung .Microscopic evaluation revealed coagulative parenchymal necrosis, micro abscesses and a dense accumulation of acute inflammatory cells surrounding the match.

Keywords : Pancreatitis; Acute Necrotizing; Foreign Bodies; Foreign-Body Migration.

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