2014
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777x.132050
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Acute pancreatitis complicating severe dengue

Abstract: Dengue is an arthropod borne viral infection endemic in tropical and subtropical continent. Severe dengue is life threatening. Various atypical presentations of dengue have been documented. But we present a rare and fatal complication of severe dengue in form of acute pancreatitis. A 27-year-old male had presented with severe dengue in decompensated shock and with pain in abdomen due to pancreatitis. The pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis in dengue is not clearly understood, but various mechanisms are postulat… Show more

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“…Conditions such as pancreatitis, neurological events, and haemorrhagic phenomena in spite of normal coagulation tests behaved differently from what had been classically described in the literature. 4 , 24 Pancreatitis in flavivirus has been described most frequently in cases of Dengue, 25 , 26 West Nile 27 , 28 and Rocio 29 virus infections. A fatal YF case with pancreatic involvement was recently described in a Chinese patient who had acquired this infection in Angola, 30 but pancreatic involvement due to YFV was not previously observed in rodent studies.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Conditions such as pancreatitis, neurological events, and haemorrhagic phenomena in spite of normal coagulation tests behaved differently from what had been classically described in the literature. 4 , 24 Pancreatitis in flavivirus has been described most frequently in cases of Dengue, 25 , 26 West Nile 27 , 28 and Rocio 29 virus infections. A fatal YF case with pancreatic involvement was recently described in a Chinese patient who had acquired this infection in Angola, 30 but pancreatic involvement due to YFV was not previously observed in rodent studies.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our patient had severe dengue which was complicated by AP. The largest described series of DHF outbreak from Taiwan in 2002 reported three patients with AP while isolated cases have been reported from Thailand, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Colombia and India 3,4 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The elevated enzymes, USG findings along with positive dengue NS1 antigen pointed towards the diagnosis. Meropenem and ceftriaxone were used to treat AP in DHF at different centres 4,6 . Our patient received ceftriaxone and responded well without developing any sequelae of AP.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In some cases, gastrointestinal involvement in dengue may present as acute abdomen and that may lead to diagnostic dilemma to physicians as well as to surgeon. There have also been reports of presentation of dengue as surgical emergencies such as acute pancreatitis,7 acute acalculous cholecystitis, acute appendicitis and perforation peritonitis8 due to gastric perforation,9 jejunal perforation10 or appendicular perforation 11…”
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confidence: 99%