Severe acute pancreatitis due to hepatitis A virus infection in a patient of acute viral hepatitis.
The commonest causes of acute pancreatitis are cholelithiasis and alcohol. Rare causes include various viral infections, among which mumps is the commonest. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and, recently, hepatitis E have been reported to cause acute but mild pancreatitis in patients with acute viral hepatitis. This report describes a case of severe acute pancreatitis caused by hepatitis A.
Khanna
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Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute for Liver, Renal and Digestive Disease, New Delhi. psri@vsnl.com
Vij
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*