title: Acute hepatitis E complicated by acute pancreatitis and multiorgan dysfunction.
abstract: We report this rare case of a 27-year-old man who presented with acute hepatitis E and went on to develop acute epigastric pain. He was diagnosed to have acute severe pancreatitis with shock and acute renal failure due to hepatitis E. Such a phenomenon has rarely been reported in the literature, with patients following a benign course and complete recovery after conservative management and analgesia. Awareness of this potentially life-threatening complication, especially in young men from endemic areas with acute hepatitis E presenting with abdomen pain has been highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Suman S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Karanth
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Zohaib
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nileshwar Radhakrishna
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Karthik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000681:Amylases