[Diagnostic Value of Thoracic and Abdominal X-ray in Acute Pancreatitis (author's Transl)]

Chest and abdominal films were retrospectively examined in 100 patients with acute pancreatitis excluding cases with pancreatitis concomitant to other diseases. Most frequently we found gastric and duodenal distension, diffuse distension of small bowel loops, localized meteorism of transverse colon as well as left flexure and diffuse colonic distension. The chest-films showed: elevated diaphragm and pleural effusion on the left, pneumonitis, pleuritis and and basal platelike atelectases. Pathologic radiological signs were absent in only 1% of the cases.