SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS COMPLICATING ACUTE HEPATITIS A IN A CHILD
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Gautam Ray; Debashis Bandopadhyay
- Source
- Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 59, Iss 1, Pp 74-76 (2010)
- Subject
- pancreatitis
hepatitis a
child
Medicine
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1454-0398
2069-6175
The case of a young girl who developed acute pancreatitis in the course of acute hepatitis A is reported along with relevant literature review. The rarity of this complication in children (compared to young adults) even in endemic areas where water borne viral hepatitis affects large number of children is highlighted.