Acute pancreatitis associated with acute viral hepatitis: case report and review of literature.
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.
Moleta
Danilo Bora
DB
Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brasil.
Kakitani
Fábio Toshio
FT
Lima
Adma Silva de
AS
França
João César Beenke
JC
Raboni
Sonia Mara
SM
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*