Isolated Pancreas Fracture after a Go-Kart Accident
Engin Deniz Arslan *
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Elif Çelikel
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Bige Sayin
Department of Radiology, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Cemil Kavalci
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Fevzi Yilmaz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
M. Serkan Yilmaz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Tamer Durdu
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Isolated pancreatic trauma is extremely rare because of pancreas’ anatomic localization. Also, diagnosis of pancreatic injury may be difficult due to lack of sensitivity of initial clinical findings, laboratory and imaging examinations in emergency department. Morbidity and mortality is much higher in delayed presentation or if the trauma is unrecognized. In this paper we report a 20-year-old female with isolated pancreas fracture after a blunt abdominal trauma due to a go-kart accident. Repeated evaluation of patient by taking into account of mechanism of trauma and suspicion of pancreatic injury is essential for early diagnosis.
Keywords: Pancreas fracture, trauma.