Acute pancreatitis in hepatitis A infection in a 10-year-old boy

Publication date: October–December 2013 Source:Pediatric Infectious Disease, Volume 5, Issue 4 Author(s): Sudhir Kumar Rana , Ragini Singh , Bindu Aggarwal , Shruti Kumar Association of acute pancreatitis with hepatitis A infection is very low in younger children. Usually pancreatitis occurs in early stage of illness and may present as acute abdomen in a setting of viral hepatitis infection. Clinical features are usually milder than radiological features. We are reporting a case of 10-year-old boy with acute hepatitis A infection who later developed acute pancreatitis in course of illness. He improved with conservative management and discharged after improvement.

Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease - October 13, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research