A case of chronic pancreatitis associated with liver infarction and acrodermatitis enteropathica.
Liver infarction and acrodermatitis enteropathica are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis. This report shows the case of a 56-year-old man who developed liver infarction due to portal vein thrombosis from chronic pancreatitis and acrodermatitis enteropathica during the course of his treatment. The rare combination of these complications in a patient with chronic pancreatitis has never previously been reported in the literature.
Kim
Byung Chul
BC
Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
Joo
Kwang Ro
KR
Lee
Hyo Sup
HS
Jeong
Yoong Ki
YK
Suh
Ho Seok
HS
Kim
Do Ha
DH
Park
Neung Hwa
NH
Park
Jae Hoo
JH
D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D015032:Zinc / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000172:deficiency
D015032:Zinc