Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Amoebic Liver Abscess

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

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 2013-01-01

Deskripsi

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.