Acute necrotizing pancreatitis following coronary artery angiography: A case report

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies. CASE REPORT: This paper is about a women suffering from acute pancreatitis after coronary angiography. CONCLUSION: Embolization of cholesterol crystals due to vessel wall trauma during coronary angiography as well as contrast medium are responsible for such side effect.  

Keywords

• Pancreatic Diseases
• Coronary Angiography
• Contrast Media