Foreign Body-induced Pancreatitis—Multimodal Imaging and Multispecialty Collaboration: A Case Report
Nital Vaghela, Mohamad K Abou Chaar, Steven C Mahnke, Ceylan Colak, Daniel Stephens, Tobias Kummer · 2026
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Description
Nital Vaghela and five co-authors reported a rare case in two thousand twenty-six of pancreatitis caused by a swallowed foreign body. Unlike common causes, this one gives vague symptoms and no clear history, so diagnosis is tough. Their patient was a man aged seventy with vomiting and belly tenderness.
Scans showed a sharp object, four centimetres long, near the head of the pancreas, with inflammation around it. Scope checks from inside failed to find it. Surgery guided by live ultrasound located and removed the object at the junction of stomach outlet and duodenum. The patient recovered without complications. The team stresses early imaging and cross-specialty teamwork.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nital Vaghela, Mohamad K Abou Chaar, Steven C Mahnke, Ceylan Colak, Daniel Stephens, Tobias Kummer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |