{"title":"Severe acute pancreatitis complicating acute hepatitis A in a child","authors":"G. Ray, D. Bandopadhyay","doi":"10.5580/2386","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":75037,"journal":{"name":"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/2386","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
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.