Spontaneous perforation of the transverse colon complicating acute pancreatitis

1 January 1974

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Vol. 17 (1) , 106-108
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02587551

Abstract

A case of spontaneous perforation of the transverse colon in association with acute pancreatitis is reported. The types of colonic involvement with acute pancreatitis and the various perforations of other intraabdominal structures that can occur with pancreatitis are also reviewed.

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