Blunt pancreatic trauma: A persistent diagnostic conundrum?

Table 1 The American Association of Surgery for Trauma-organ injury scale pancreatic injury scale[25]

Grade	Description
I	Hematoma: Minor contusion without duct injury
	Laceration: Superficial laceration without duct injury
II	Hematoma: Major contusion without duct injury or tissue loss
	Laceration: Major laceration without duct injury or tissue loss
III	Laceration: Distal transection or parenchymal injury with duct injury
IV	Laceration: Proximal transection1 or parenchymal injury involving ampulla or bile duct
V	Laceration: Massive disruption of pancreatic head

¹Proximal injury is defined as lying to the right of the superior mesenteric vein.