Abstract

GONZALEZ, Eliana et al. Glyphosate toxic for acute pancreatitis: Report of a case. Gen [online]. 2014, vol.68, n.2, pp.58-60. ISSN 0016-3503.

Toxic pancreatitis is a rare clinical entity (1.4 to 0.3%) whose pathogenesis is due to allergic reaction or direct toxicity of the drug. The diagnosis is made in patients with clinically suspected with a history of exposure to toxins, in which other etiologies are discarded. The clinical picture is characterized by acute episode of pancreatitis during exposure to toxin improves after stopping exposure. We report a patient who enters the hospital IVSS Dr Miguel Pérez Carreño, exposed to glyphosate with clinical symptoms of acute pancreatitis with impaired hepatocellular, pancreatic enzymes and direct hyperbilirubinemia. Abdominal CT: pancreatitis Balthazar B. Abdominal ultrasound: enlarged pancreas. NMR cholangiographic effect: unaltered. Endoscopic ultrasound enlarged pancreas. Ac positive immunological anti smooth muscle test. Patient progressed satisfactorily with symptomatic treatment after stopping toxin exposure.

Keywords : Toxic acute pancreatitis; glyphosate toxin.

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