Acute pancreatitis in hepatitis A infection.
A 13 year old boy who was admitted for acute viral hepatitis due to hepatitis A virus developed acute pancreatitis which resolved completely with conservative treatment. Extensive evaluation did not reveal any other cause of pancreatitis and it was presumed that hepatitis A may result in acute pancreatitis.
Amarapurkar
D N
DN
Department of Gastroenterology, Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre.
Begani
M M
MM
Mirchandani
K
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy