[Acute pancreatitis in the puerperium. Diagnostic problems following cesarean section]

A case is reported of acute pancreatitis following caesarean section. This complication, which is fortunately very rare, shows the diagnostic steps we had to take, in an obstetrical department, to arrive at the answer. The serious consequence of the outcome, if untreated, let us to emphasize: The need for rapid diagnosis, and Early treatment of the cause. Only these methods make it possible to improve the prognosis, which is very bad indeed when acute pancreatitis occurs in the post-partum phase, as the literature emphasizes.