Acute Pancreatitis After High-Intensity Focused Ultrasonography for Body Sculpting
Authors: Daniel Gonzalo Grassi, Beatriz Gavier, Josè Trucco, Matìas Tisi Baña
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters7 January 2014Acute Pancreatitis After High-Intensity Focused Ultrasonography for Body SculptingDaniel Gonzalo Grassi, Physician, Beatriz Gavier, MD, Josè Trucco, Physician, and Matìas Tisi Baña, PhysicianDaniel Gonzalo Grassi, PhysicianFrom Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Search for more papers by this author, Beatriz Gavier, MDFrom Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Search for more papers by this author, Josè Trucco, PhysicianFrom Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Search for more papers by this author, and Matìas Tisi Baña, PhysicianFrom Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5000-3 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Background: High-intensity focused ultrasonography (HIFU) delivers energy to deep subcutaneous tissue. It produces heat capable of destroying tissue, including solid tumors, and is also used for body sculpting because it can ablate adipose tissue and thermally modify collagen.At the lower energy levels used with HIFU for body sculpting, reported adverse effects have been mild, including discomfort, tenderness, ecchymosis, and edema. Formal studies have involved few participants but found no major adverse events and normal cholesterol, triglyceride, serum amylase, and lipase levels in recipients (1–3). To our knowledge, no cases of acute pancreatitis have been reported after HIFU for body ...References1. Jewell ML, Weiss RA, Baxter RA, Cox SE, Dover JS, Donofrio LM, et al. Safety and tolerability of high-intensity focused ultrasonography for noninvasive body sculpting: 24-week data from a randomized, sham-controlled study. Aesthet Surg J. 2012;32:868-76. [PMID: 22942114] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Jewell ML, Solish NJ, Desilets CS. Noninvasive body sculpting technologies with an emphasis on high-intensity focused ultrasound. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2011;35:901-12. [PMID: 21461627] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Shalom A, Wiser I, Brawer S, Azhari H. Safety and tolerability of a focused ultrasound device for treatment of adipose tissue in subjects undergoing abdominoplasty: a placebo-control pilot study. Dermatol Surg. 2013;39:744-51. [PMID: 23432811] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Duboeuf T, De Widerspach-Thor A, Scotto B, Bacq Y. [Acute glimepiride-induced pancreatitis] [Letter]. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2004;28:409-10. [PMID: 15146162] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Youssef SS, Iskandar SB, Scruggs J, Roy TM. Acute pancreatitis associated with omeprazole. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2005;43:558-61. [PMID: 16372517] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Disclosures: None disclosed. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L13-1095. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery in musculoskeletal diseases: the hot topicsOptimierte Körperformung mittels Liposuktion und nicht invasiver VerfahrenOptimierte Körperformung mittels Liposuktion und nicht-invasiver Verfahren 7 January 2014Volume 160, Issue 1Page: 71-72KeywordsAbdominal painAcute pancreatitisLipasesLiverPancreasPancreatitisResearch laboratoriesType 2 diabetesUltrasound imagingVomiting ePublished: 7 January 2014 Issue Published: 7 January 2014 PDF downloadLoading ...