Acute pancreatitis in a case of falciparum malaria--a rare presentation

Biplab Mandal; Bidyut Kumar Das; Sanjoy Kumar Chatterjee; Pradipta Guh; Sibesh Shai; Anand Sharma; Arindam Ray

Acute pancreatitis in a case of falciparum malaria--a rare presentation

J Assoc Physicians India. 2011 Nov:59:731-3.

Authors

Biplab Mandal¹, Bidyut Kumar Das, Sanjoy Kumar Chatterjee, Pradipta Guh, Sibesh Shai, Anand Sharma, Arindam Ray

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Calcutta Medical College. Kolkata--700 073.

PMID: 22616342

Abstract

Various complications including multiorgan failure is not uncommon in Falciparum malaria. But acute pancreatitis is a very rare complication in falciparum malaria. We describe here such a patient who suffered from acute pancreatitis and multiorgan failure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Acute Disease
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Antimalarials / therapeutic use
Artemisinins / therapeutic use
Artesunate
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum / complications*
Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis
Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
Malaria, Falciparum / microbiology
Male
Multiple Organ Failure / complications
Pancreatitis / complications*
Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatitis / drug therapy
Parasitemia
Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimalarials
Artemisinins
Artesunate