title: Acute pancreatitis associated with rotavirus infection.
abstract: We report the first documented case of pancreatitis associated with rotavirus infection in an infant. Estimation of amylase level is important in infants with severe rotavirus gastroenteritis, hyperamylasemia should alert one to the presence of overt pancreatitis which should be investigated by lipase estimation and/or imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hitachiomiya Saiseikai Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan. h-kumagai@ho-saisei.jp
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Shizuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebashi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohsone
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed