ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN PREGNANCY

Acute pancreatitis is an under diagnosed cause of upper abdominal pain in pregnancy. Herewith we are presenting a case of acute pancreatitis in pregnancy in a 24 year old G2P1L1 which was managed with octreotide with good maternal and perinatal outcome. So far less than 100 cases of acute pancreatitis have been reported in the literature that have been managed with octreotide.