The Open Surgery Journal

2012, 6 : 1-3
Published online 2012 September 7. DOI: 10.2174/1874300501206010001
Publisher ID: TOSJ-6-1

Foudroyant Necrotizing Pancreatitis Caused by Clostridium Perfringens

D. Kaemmerer , B. Kupper and M. Hommann
Department of General and Visceral Surgery Zentralklinik Bad Berka, 99437 Bad Berka, Germany.

ABSTRACT

Pancreatic infection caused by Clostridium perfringens is rare and follows a characteristic course. We present a foudroyant course of a necrotizing pancreatitis in a 77-year old man with typical imaging of retro-pneumoperitoneum without visceral perforation, peripancreatic emphysema due to gas gangrene in CT and hemorrhagic pancreatic necrosis.

Keywords:

Colorectal cancer, distress, qualitative content analysis, symptoms.