Acute pancreatitis associated with hypercalcaemia

Acute pancreatitis associated with brucellosis.

CONTEXT Acute pancreatitis can be caused by a variety of infectious agents but it is regarded as an extremely rare complication of brucellosis. CASE REPORT We briefly describe a 56-year-old man who presented with acute pancreatitis, fever, myalgia, and other clinical symptoms. Brucella melitensis was cultured from his blood. All clinical manifestations gradually resolved with the institution ...

Hypercalcaemia and acute interstitial nephritis associated with omeprazole therapy.

Keywords: acute interstitial nephritis; acute renal fail-1+ proteinuria. There was no clinical evidence of foetal ure; hypercalcaemia; omeprazole distress. Omeprazole therapy was commenced.

Hypercalcaemia associated with tuberculosis.

Clarithromycin associated acute pancreatitis

Drug-induced acute pancreatitis is known to be caused by a wide range of drugs. We report the development of acute pancreatitis, in a previously healthy female, who developed pneumonia and was receiving clarithromycin, at recommended doses. No other cause of pancreatitis could be identified and the patient was not receiving other drugs. Pancreatitis related symptoms and amylase elevation began ...

Valproate associated acute pancreatitis.

There is a definitive association between valproate therapy and acute pancreatitis. More than 50 cases have been reported. Most of the reported cases were mild yet there were a few more cases with higher morbidity and mortality. The risk is higher in patients under 20 years of age, during the first year of therapy, on the patient having encephalopathy or chronic renal failure and on patients wi...