Hepatitis A and acute pancreatitis.
Acute pancreatitis in association with acute viral hepatitis A in uncommon. We present the case of a young girl with acute pancreatitis complicating acute viral hepatitis A. The finding of IgM anti-HAV and exclusion of a vast array of other etiologies implicates hepatitis A the cause.
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Dept. of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*