Acute pancreatitis associated with acute viral hepatitis: case report and review of literature Pancreatite aguda associada com hepatite A aguda: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

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-fulmi...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Danilo Bora Moleta, Fábio Toshio Kakitani, Adma Silva de Lima, João César Beenke França, Sonia Mara Raboni
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2009
Subjects:
Acute viral hepatitis
Hepatitis A virus
Acute pancreatitis
Hepatitis complications
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Aguda
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652009000600008
https://doaj.org/article/af41ad6876b94beba1488f9e74c62971
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Summary: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. Este relato de caso, junto com a revisão de literatura, descreve um paciente com diagnóstico de hepatite viral aguda, que desenvolveu quadro de dor abdominal intensa e alterações laboratoriais compatíveis com pancreatite aguda. Casos de pancreatite aguda complicando hepatites virais agudas fulminantes e não fulminantes tem sido esporadicamente relatados e vários mecanismos são propostos para explicar esta complicação, no entanto sua causa ainda se mantém desconhecida. Como a hepatite aguda é doença comum, é importante estimular o desenvolvimento de mais estudos na América Latina que visem determinar a incidência local e o perfil dos pacientes que apresentam esta complicação.

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