CASE REPORT

AAST grade III pancreatic injury following blunt abdominal trauma

G L Laing^I; S D Jeetoo^II; G Oosthuizen^I; D Clarke^III

^IMB ChB, FCS (SA); Department of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal
^IIMB ChB, DA (Sa); Department of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal
^IIIFCS (SA), MMedSci, MBA, MPhil; Department of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal

ABSTRACT

Isolated pancreatic trauma with major pancreatic duct disruption is a rare finding; it can present with equivocal clinical signs. Serum amylase levels and diagnostic contrast-enhanced computed tomography can facilitate the diagnostic process.

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