Author/Authors :
Hajimaghsoudi, Majid Trauma Research Center - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , Zeinali, Faezeh Department of Emergency - Shahid Rahnemoon Hospital - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , Mansouri, Mehrdad Shahid Sadoughi Hospital - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , Dehghani, Mohammad Hosein Shahid Rahnemoon Hospital - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Abstract :
BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis has different etiologies from biliary stone to metabolic disturbances. Coronary angiography is one of the newly understood etiologies. CASE REPORT: This paper is about a women suffering from acute pancreatitis after coronary angiography. CONCLUSION: Embolization of cholesterol crystals due to vessel wall trauma during coronary angiography as well as contrast medium are responsible for such side effect.
