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The spectrum of colonic involvement in pancreatitis

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Colonic involvement as a result of pancreatitis is an uncommon but interesting complication of the disease. Among the significant manifestations we have seen are: 1) adynamic ileus of the transverse colon, 2) fibrosing, stenosing pericolitis localized to the splenic flexure area, and 3) colonic hemorrhage secondary to necrosis and fistula formation.

Ordinarily, conservative treatment will suffice, but in complicated cases, individualized surgical treatment becomes necessary.

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  1. General Surgery Division IV, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, 48202, Detroit, Michigan

    C. Grodsinsky M.D. & J. L. Ponka M.D.

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  1. C. Grodsinsky M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 8 to 12, 1977.

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Grodsinsky, C., Ponka, J.L. The spectrum of colonic involvement in pancreatitis. Dis Colon Rectum 21, 66–70 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586551

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