| Literature DB >> 28292109 |
Nawfal Doghmi1, Aziz Benakrout1, Amine Meskine1, Mustaphja Bensghir1, Abdelouah Baite1, Charki Haimeur1.
Abstract
Pancreatic encephalopathy (PE) is a rare complication of acute pancreatitis. Our study reports 2 cases of patients with pancreatic encephalopathy, hospitalized and treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the Military Hospital of Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat. Patient age ranged between 43 and 54 years, our 2 cases involved a woman and a man. The pathophysiologic process of EP is still not well understood, many assumptions have been described in the literature; some authors have suggested that lipase and phospholipase A2 are involved in the pathological process of PE. Other factors including infections, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, hypoxemia and perturbations in blood glucose can be triggers. The diagnosis of pancreatic encephalopathy is easy to establish, clinical symptoms usually include confusion, amazement and psychomotor agitation, sometimes associated with neurological damages such as convulsions, headache, transient hemiparesis, dysarthria, difficulties in verbal expression and amnesia. Paraclinical tests, including brain MRI and electroencephalogram allow a definitive diagnosis. Treatment is primarily symptomatic aiming to fight against factors favoring the onset of neurologic signs using resuscitative measures based on severity of the situation. The prognosis depends on the severity of acute pancreatitis and its complications. In our study data are broadly comparable to those currently published by the majority of authors.Entities:
Keywords: Severe acute pancreatitis; axonal damages; post-pancreatic encephalopathy
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28292109 PMCID: PMC5326054 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.147.9324
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1TDM abdominale C+ pancréatite avec nécrose infectée
Figure 2IRM cérébrale: présence d’hyper signaux dans la substance blanche en T2