Acute pancreatitis associated with rotavirus infection.
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.
Kumagai
Hideki
H
Department of Pediatrics, Hitachiomiya Saiseikai Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan. h-kumagai@ho-saisei.jp
Matsumoto
Shizuko
S
Ebashi
Masahiro
M
Ohsone
Takashi
T
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