Complete pancreatic transection following blunt abdominal trauma: case report

Complete transection of the pancreas following a blunt abdominal trauma is rare, and the diagnoses can be missed easily because of the retroperitoneal position of the pancreas. We were presented with this rare case of 31 years old Saudi lady who was kicked in her abdomen by one of her relatives and this caused complete transection of the pancreas. This was augmented by the fact that she had spinal surgery for her kyphosis 20 years ago. She had distal pancreatectomy, but her post-operative period took six stormy weeks. We are presenting the literature review for this type of rare injury and its management