Propofol Induced Acute Pancreatitis-A Rare Adverse Effect For A Common Drug

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis caused by a widely and commonly used anaesthetic drug, Propofol, is an uncommon event rarely reported in Malaysia's literature. Drugs induced acute pancreatitis is also a rare phenomenon in Malaysia, where the two common causes of acute pancreatitis here are gallstones and alcohol consumptions. The mechanism of the incidence of Propofol induced acute pancreatitis is still unknown and remain unclear. While this condition is a diagnosis of exclusion, management's principleremains the same as acute pancreatitis caused by other risk factors. We present a case of Propofol induced acute pancreatitis in an elderly lady aftera gynaecological surgery to highlight the rarity of the case and stress the possibility of acute pancreatitis after Propofol administration in a patient without other risk factors.