Acute pancreatitis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae: an unusual etiology.
It is well known that the most important etiologies of acute pancreatitis are gallstones and alcohol consumption. Once these causes have been ruled out, especially in young adults, it is important to consider less frequent etiologic factors such as drugs, trauma, malformations, autoimmunity or systemic diseases. Other rare and less well studied causes of this pathology are infections, among which Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been reported to cause acute pancreatitis as an unusual extrapulmonary manifestation. Here, we report the case of a 21-year-old patient who had acute idiopathic pancreatitis associated with an upper respiratory tract infection. After an in-depth study, all other causes of pancreatitis were ruled out and Mycoplasma was established as the clinical etiology.
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avenida de Córdoba S/N, 28041, Madrid, Spain. teresavaldeslacasa@gmail.com.
Teresa
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4146-128X
T
Valdés Lacasa
Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
María Alejandra
MA
Duarte Borges
Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Alicia
A
García Marín
Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Covadonga
C
Gómez Cuervo
D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult
Acute pancreatitis; Etiology; Infectious diseases; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Young adults