Pancreatic panniculitis in acute pancreatitis.

The article presents a case study of a 27-year-old woman who was been admitted to a hospital after being treated for gallstone induced acute pancreatitis (AP). The patient had a history of swelling in the pancreas and gallbladder stones which were detected by abdominal ultrasonography. According to the article, if the body temperature of a patient becomes normal, then patients with severe AP complicated with pancreatic panniculitis can be discharged from the hospital.