Abstract
Acute pancreatitis in association with acute viral hepatitis A is uncommon. We report a 12-year-old boy with acute pancreatitis associated with relapsing hepatitis A viral infection who made a satisfactory recovery.
Highlights
Viral A hepatitis is a self-limited infection occurring predominantly among children usually as an anicteric often subclinical illness
We report a 12-year-old boy with acute pancreatitis associated with relapsing hepatitis A viral infection who made a satisfactory recovery
Pancreatitis was diagnosed on the basis of typical prolonged pain, high serum amylase and lipase, Computed tomography (CT) findings
Summary
Viral A hepatitis is a self-limited infection occurring predominantly among children usually as an anicteric often subclinical illness. Hepatitis viruses have a strong tropism for hepatocytes, viral antigens have been detected in other tissues such as pancreas and gallbladder [1,2,3]. Several viral infections have been implicated as an etiological factor of acute pancreatitis. The viruses most frequently responsible are the mumps virus, Coxsackie B virus, Epstein Barr virus [1,2,3]. Acute pancreatitis has been reported very rarely in acute non fulminant viral hepatitis [4,5,6]. The objective of this report is present a patient with acute pancreatitis associated with acute hepatitis caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV) not at in acute phase, who made a satisfactory recovery
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