title: Acute pancreatitis associated with amoebic liver abscess.
abstract: We present a rare case of acute pancreatitis in a 50-year-old man with amoebic liver abscess. He had a right lobe liver abscess along with markedly elevated serum lipase and amylase levels and edematous pancreas. Liver abscess was aspirated. The patient was managed conservatively with antibiotics and improved without any complications. Acute pancreatitis associated with ALA is not reported in the literature till date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India.
authors.forename: Jayant Kumar
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Vinod Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Dixit
authors.forename: Sangey Chopel
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lamtha
authors.forename: Sundeep Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaushik