Acute Pancreatitis Concomitant Acute Coronary Syndrome

Okay Abacı, Veyse Oktay, Cüneyt Kocaş, Onur Baydar, Ahmet Yıldız, Zerrin Yi̇ği̇t

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; pancreatitis, acute necrotizing.

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory syndrome with unpredictable progression to systemic inflammation and multi-organ dysfunction. As in our case rarely, acute pancreatitis can be presented with the coexistance of acute coronary syndrome. To prevent a misdiagnosis of acute situation presented with chest or abdominal pain, physicians must be aware for coexisting pathophysiologies and take into account the differential diagnosis of all life-threatening causes such as cardiac ischemia or acute abdominal situations.