[Suppurative complications in acute pancreatitis].

The authors examining suppurative complications caused by acute necrotizing pancreatitis point out how such complications can arise early at the same time of acute pancreatitis with large spread in peripancreatic tissues and spaces and with worse prognosis or have a late appearance with a trend to localize and circumscribe. Four cases of pancreatic abscess, three of which largely diffused brought to death in spite of surgery, are reported.