EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Pancreas is a dual; both endocrine and exocrine functioning retroperitoneal organ of significant importance. Many different diseases can target pancreas leading to a wide spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild to severe. Acute pancreatitis remains one of the common pancreatic pathologies requiring immediate diagnosis and management. The incidence of acute pancreatitis is constantly rising secondary to increase in the incidence of gall stones, obesity and alcoholism. Other factors including recent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP), variant biliary anatomy and trauma also remain contributing factors to increase in the incidence of acute pancreatitis. In a recent study carried on Pakistani population showed the mortality rate of 19.7% in patients suffering from acute pancreatitis whereas the complication rate was 63%.