Acute pancreatitis in hepatitis A infection.
Hepatitis viruses are an uncommon cause of acute pancreatitis. We present the case of a boy with acute pancreatitis complicating viral hepatitis with satisfactory recovery. The finding of IgM-anti HAV antibodies implicates hepatitis A virus as the cause.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*