Acute Pancreatitis with Preeclampsia and Eclampsia-A Diagnostic Dilemma

Nasreen Noor, Tamkin Rabbani, Dalia Rafat

Abstract: Acute pancreatitis is a rare event in pregnancy, which can have a high maternal mortality and fetal loss. Gallstone disease is thought to be responsible for about 70 % of these cases. Here, we present two cases of acute pancreatitis with preeclampsia-eclampsia in the third trimester of pregnancy which was initially not diagnosed as pancreatitis and as a result we lost one patient. Investigation undertaken led to the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis

Keywords: Acute pancreatitis, Pregnancy induced hypertension, Pregnancy complications, Intensive care unit