Emergency surgical treatment of complicated acute pancreatitis after kidney transplantation with acute rejection: Case report and literature review.

•Acute pancreatitis is a rare but frequently fatal complication and challenging therapeutical situation in patients following kidney transplantation.•Several etiological agents are listed, which also include the effect of immunosuppressive medication.•Patient care requires reduction of immunosuppressive medication and very close co-operation between the surgeon, nephrologist, intensivist and anaesthetist.