The most common symptoms and signs include:
- Severe epigastric pain radiating to the back
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and loss of appetite
- Fever/chills
- Hemodynamic instability, including shock
- Steatorrhea (pale, foul-smelling and oily stools)
Signs which are less common, and indicate severe disease, include:
- Grey-Turner's sign (hemorrhagic discoloration of the flanks)
- Cullen's sign (hemorrhagic discoloration of the umbilicus)
Other conditions to consider are:
Although these are common symptoms, they are not always present. Simple abdominal pain may be the sole symptom.
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