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- Title
Grey Turner's sign associated with hemorrhagic pancreatitis.
- Authors
Gaci, Rostane; Cadoz, Cyril; Hennequin, Laurent; Louis, Guillaume
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 59-year-old man with alcohol abuse history. Topics mentioned include the admission of the patient to the emergency room due to hemodynamic instability and acute abdominal pain radiating into the back, results of computed tomography which confirmed the diagnosis of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis with hemoperitoneum, intra-pancreatic hemorrhagic collection, and splenic infarction, and prognosis associated with Grey Turner's sign.
- Subjects
ALCOHOLISM; ABDOMINAL pain; PANCREATITIS diagnosis; COMPUTED tomography; INFARCTION; PATIENTS
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2017, Vol 43, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-016-4551-9