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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Acute pancreatitis and development of pancreatic pseudo cyst after extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy to a left renal calculus: A rare case with review of literature
Prasad Mylarappa, Tarun Javali, Prathvi, D Ramesh
Department of Urology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
D Ramesh Department of Urology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore 560 054, Karnataka India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.124219
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is considered the standard of care for the treatment of small upper ureteric and renal calculi. A few centers have extended its use to the treatment of bile duct calculi and pancreatic calculi. The complication rates with SWL are low, resulting in its wide spread acceptance and usage. However, some of the serious complications reported in 1% of patients include acute pancreatitis, perirenal hematoma, urosepsis, venous thrombosis, biliary obstruction, bowel perforation, lung injury, rupture of aortic aneurysm and intracranial hemorrhage. To our knowledge, only six cases of acute pancreatitis or necrotizing pancreatitis following SWL have been documented in the literature. Herein, we report a rare case of acute pancreatitis and formation of a pseudo cyst following SWL for left renal pelvic calculus. |
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