A 55-year-old woman with acute left-sided renal colic developed acute focal pancreatitis secondary to perinephric inflammation caused by an obstructive 6 mm left upper ureteric calculus.
CorfieldAP, CooperMJ, WilliamsonRC, MayerAD, McMahonMJ, DicksonAP. Prediction of severity in acute pancreatitis: prospective comparison of three prognostic indices. Lancet1985; 2(8452): 403–7.
2.
BalthazarEJ, RansonJH, NaidichDP, MegibowAJ, CaccavaleR, CooperMM. Acute pancreatitis: prognostic value of CT. Radiology1985; 156: 767–72.
3.
Al-AbedYA, GhaniKR, CarrTW, YoungAJ, BallAJ. Hyperamylasaemia in ureteric colic. Postgrad Med J2009; 85(1000): 108–9.
4.
EgilmezT, TekinMI, GonenM, KilincF, GorenR, OzkardesH. Efficacy and safety of a new-generation shockwave lithotripsy machine in the treatment of single renal or ureteral stones: experience with 2670 patients. J Endourol2007; 21(1): 23–7.
