Acute pancreatitis associated with acute viral hepatitis: case report and review of literature

• Autor(a) principal: Moleta, Danilo Bora
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Kakitani, Fábio Toshio, Lima, Adma Silva de, França, João César Beenke, Raboni, Sonia Mara
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/31231
• topic: Acute viral hepatitis; Hepatitis A virus; Acute pancreatitis; Hepatitis complications

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.