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Pancreatic sepsis is a serious complication of pancreatitis. The diagnosis is usually suspected when a patient with severe pancreatitis appears toxic and develops fever and leukocytosis [1]. However, these clinical and laboratory findings also occur in sterile pancreatitis [2]. Computed tomography suggests sepsis only in the presence of pancreatic gas. However, pancreatic gas is a late and infrequent finding and has alternative explanations, such as prior surgery, or perforation of a pseudocyst into the intestine [3, 4].
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Banks, P.A., Gerzof, S.G. (1987). Indications and Results of Fine Needle Aspiration of Pancreatic Exudate. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M. (eds) Acute Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83027-3_23
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