Acute obstructive suppurative pancreatic ductitis in an asymptomatic patient

Eisha Wali; Patrick Koo; Clifford D Packer

doi:10.1155/2015/919452

Acute obstructive suppurative pancreatic ductitis in an asymptomatic patient

Case Rep Med. 2015:2015:919452. doi: 10.1155/2015/919452. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

Authors

Eisha Wali¹, Patrick Koo², Clifford D Packer¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.

Abstract

Acute obstructive suppurative pancreatic ductitis (AOSPD), defined as suppuration from the pancreatic duct without associated pseudocyst, abscess, or necrosis, is a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis. We present the first case of AOSPD in an asymptomatic patient with a polymicrobial infection and review the literature on this rare clinical entity.