Pancreatic Injury: Case Report


GÜLLÜPINAR B., KARAKAYA P., ULUSOY E., ÖZDEMİR D.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.12, no.1, pp.48-50, 2012 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Case Report
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.5505/1304.7361.2012.58966
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.48-50
  • Keywords: Bicycle accidents, children, pancreatic injury
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Blunt trauma is responsible for 80% of abdominal injuries in childhood. Pancreatic injury is quite rare and often overlooked or diagnosed too late. The most are frequently injured by being exposed to compression as a result of bicycle accidents. In the early period, a normal physical examination and normal values of pancreatic amylase, can lead patients to be bypassed. In this article, two cases with the complaint of a fall from a bicycle and then diagnosed as pancreatic injury are reported and reviewed with the review of the literature.