Original Article

A Case Of Pure Pancreatic Fracture Due To Blunt Upper Abdominal Trauma

  • Hüseyin Altun
  • İbrahim Aydın
  • Ali Haydar İsmailoğlu
  • Ergin Altun

İstanbul Med J 1996;1(4):33-34

The spleen and liver are the must affected organs by blunt abdominal trauma. Pancreatic injurıes according to blunt abdominal trauma are rare and the ineidence is %1-12. Pancreatic in;ury is to be remınded by the trauma related to up per abdomen especialy to epigastrium. A case of pancreatıc trauma due to upper abdominal blunt trauma is reported.

Keywords: Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Pancreatic Fracture