Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy a rare presentation

ABSTRACT

Acute pancreatitis during pregnancy is rarely encountered and can have a high maternal mortality and fetal loss. We report here a case of a 35-year-old woman para 1+0 previous 1LSCS at 32 weeks of gestation. She had laparotomy at 29 weeks of gestation due to torsion of dermoid cyst in this pregnancy. Now she was presented with, severe epigastric pain, vomiting and pedal edema. Investigation revealed hyperamylasemia and leukocytosis, hypokalemia, hypocalcaemia. The patient was kept on conservative management, antibiotics, analgesics and intravenous fluids.Pancreatitis resolved and she delivered at 38 weeks by caesarean section