Keefe M, Munro F
Department of Dermatology, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Dermatologica. 1989;179(2):73-5. doi: 10.1159/000248315.
Acute pancreatitis may be a rare complication of systemic corticosteroids, although this is disputed. We describe a patient with bullous pemphigoid whose treatment was complicated by fatal acute pancreatitis. The question of a cause and effect relationship is discussed with reference to the literature. We emphasise the way that corticosteroids modified the presentation of acute pancreatitis in this case.
