Give 5 local complications that may develop from acute severe pancreatitis?

  • Interstitial Oedematous pancreatitis:
    • Peripancreatic collection (1)
    • Pseudocyst (1) (pancreatic fluid surrounded by a wall of fibrous or granulation tissue)
    • Abscess (1) (circumscribed collection of pus)
  • Necrotising pancreatitis:
    • Sterile parenchymal necrosis (1)
    • Infected parenchymal necrosis (1)
  • Pancreatic insufficiency (1) (and Type 3c Diabetes) (1)