Metformin induced acute pancreatitis

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis frequently presents with abdomen pain but may presents with various skin manifestations as rashand rarely, pancreatic panniculitis. Metformin, one of the most effective and valuable oral hypoglycemic agents inthe biguanide class was linked to acute pancreatitis in few cases. Here, we report a case of metformin induce acutepancreatitis in young healthy man with normal renal function. © 2013 Landes Bioscience.