Coxsackie virus-induced acute pancreatitis in a long-term dialysis patient.
This report describes a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) who developed acute pancreatitis with pseudocyst formation and cloudy dialysate with pleocytosis in the absence of bacterial or fungal organisms. To our knowledge, pancreatitis, in the absence of hypertriglyceridemia in a CAPD patient, has not been previously reported. There was a significant increase in Coxsackie B1 and B6 viral titers by complement fixation test, suggesting Coxsackie virus-induced pancreatitis.
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Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Missouri, Health Sciences Center, Columbia 65212.
Fowler
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Losasso
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Berg
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D000208:Acute Disease; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors