Stenosis of the colon secondary to pancreatitis

Stenosis of the colon in acute pancreatitis.

“…The rapid return to normality in those cases where no treatment was directed to the colon itself supports this. In five cases, however (Remington et al, 1947;Mohuiddin et al, 1971;Hunt and Mildenhall, 1975;Theodoropoulos et al, 1975), there was clinical or pathological evidence that a colonic lesion had been present for some months at least. In our case, colonic involvement may have dated from the onset of pain and vomiting (three weeks) or the onset of diarrhoea (two days).…”

Stenosis of the colon following acute pancreatitis

“…There have been 19 previous reports of colonic stenosis following acute pancreatitis (Forlini, 1927;Baylin and Weeks, 1944;Remington, Mayo and Dockerty, 1947;Miln and Barclay, 1952;Rose, 1953;Price, 1956;Schwartz and Nadelhaft, 1957; Bolam, 1960;Aronson and Davis, 1961;Lukash and Bishop, 1967;Bruno and Ober, 1971; Mohiuddin et al, 1971;Lindhal, Vejlsted and Backer, 1972;de Ford and Kolts, 1973;Agrawal et al,, 1974;Theodoropoulos, Archimandrites and Kalos, 1975;Hunt and Mildenhall, 1975;Mair, McMahon and Goligher, 1976;Thompson, Kelvin and Reed, 1977), describing 28 patients of whom 24 were male.…”