Tumor lysis pancreatitis

✍ Scribed by Spiegel, Robert J. ;Magrath, Ian T.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 245 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-1532
• DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950070210

✦ Synopsis

Rapid tumor lysis may produce acute complications including systemic metabolic disturbances and hemorrhage in sites involved by tumor. We have observed two cases of acute pancreatitis induced by the lysis of lymphoma that involved the pancreas. This previously unreported cause of pancreatitis must be added to the list of potential complications associated with effective cancer chemotherapy.