Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Amoebic Liver Abscess

Jayant Kumar Ghosh; Vinod Kumar Dixit; Sangey Chopel Lamtha; Sundeep Kumar Goyal; Pankaj Kaushik

doi:10.1155/2013/717393

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine (Jan 2013)

Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Amoebic Liver Abscess

Jayant Kumar Ghosh,
Vinod Kumar Dixit,
Sangey Chopel Lamtha,
Sundeep Kumar Goyal,
Pankaj Kaushik

Affiliations

Jayant Kumar Ghosh: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
Vinod Kumar Dixit: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
Sangey Chopel Lamtha: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
Sundeep Kumar Goyal: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
Pankaj Kaushik: Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/717393
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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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.

Published in Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6528 (Print); 2090-6536 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3142

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