title: Acute pancreatitis associated with acute viral hepatitis: case report and review of literature.
abstract: This case report, along with the review presented, describes a patient diagnosed with acute viral hepatitis, who developed a framework of intense abdominal pain and laboratorial alterations compatible with acute pancreatitis. The association of acute pancreatitis complicating fulminant and non-fulminant acute hepatitis virus (AHV) has been reported and several mechanisms have been proposed for this complication, but so far none is clearly involved. As acute hepatitis is a common disease, it is important to stimulate the development of other studies in order to determine local incidence and profile of patients presenting this association in our environment.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Danilo Bora
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Moleta
authors.forename: Fábio Toshio
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Kakitani
authors.forename: Adma Silva de
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: João César Beenke
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: França
authors.forename: Sonia Mara
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Raboni
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*