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Case Reports
. 2003 Jan-Mar;24(1):25-6.

Severe acute pancreatitis due to hepatitis A virus infection in a patient of acute viral hepatitis

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Case Reports

Severe acute pancreatitis due to hepatitis A virus infection in a patient of acute viral hepatitis

S Khanna et al. Trop Gastroenterol. 2003 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

The commonest causes of acute pancreatitis are cholelithiasis and alcohol. Rare causes include various viral infections, among which mumps is the commonest. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and, recently, hepatitis E have been reported to cause acute but mild pancreatitis in patients with acute viral hepatitis. This report describes a case of severe acute pancreatitis caused by hepatitis A.

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