BACKGROUND It has been suggested that the incidence of acute pancreatitis in patients with end stage renal failure is increased. AIMS To assess the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients on long term peritoneal dialysis and long term haemodialysis compared with the general population, to evaluate its clinical course and outcome, and to identify possible aetiological factors. PATIENTS All pa...

The association between acute pancreatitis and severe hypertriglyceridemia has long been recognized. We report two cases of severe primary hypertriglyceridemia (types 1 and V) with recurrent acute pancreatitis. In both patients, observance of appropriate diet and drug therapy was insufficient. Recurrent episodes of pancreatitis were precipitated by dietary fat or alcohol abuse. A plasmapheresis...

CONTEXT Pancreatitis is a common complication of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The most common causes of acute pancreatitis in an HIV population are medication and opportunistic infections. CASE REPORT We report the case of a young, untreated, HIV-infected female who presented with acute pancreatitis of unknown origin. Unique to this case are the autoimmune pancreatitis-like features on...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the association between etodolac use and acute in Taiwan. DESIGN We designed a case-control study using the database of Taiwan's National Health Insurance. SUBJECTS In all, 7577 subjects aged 20 years or older with newly diagnosed acute pancreatitis were defined as cases, and 27032 sex-matched and age-matched subjects without acute pancreatitis...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndromes (TTP-HUS) have diverse etiologies, clinical manifestations, and risk factors, but the events that may trigger acute episodes are often unclear. We describe the occurrence of TTP-HUS following pancreatitis and consider whether pancreatitis may be a triggering event for acute episodes of TTP-HUS. DESIGN...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Inflammatory mediators of the innate immune response play fundamental roles in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis. The correlation between interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene polymorphism with types of acute pancreatitis and severity of pancreatitis, was evaluated in this study. METHODS According to the diagnostic criteria, 176 patients with acute pancreatitis were grouped into bil...

Acute pancreatitis is a rare but life-threatening complication in patients with transplanted kidney. The incidence of acute pancreatitis after kidney transplantation ranges from 2% to 7%, with mortality rate between 50 and 100%. We report a case of a female patient aged 46 years, developing an interstitial acute pancreatitis 8 years following a renal transplantation. The specific aethiological ...

Acute pancreatitis is a severe condition with a high mortality rate and it is most commonly caused by Gallstone ́s Disease and excessive alcohol use [1,2]. Acute pancreatitis caused by hypercalcemia due to primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is very rare [3]. The relationship between acute pancreatitis and hypercalcemia was first reported in 1947, but it was not fully appreciated until 10 years l...

CONTEXT The incidence of drug-induced pancreatitis is rare. There have been no prior definite cases reported of ibuprofen-induced pancreatitis. CASE REPORT We present a case of a young man with acute pancreatitis probably secondary to an ibuprofen overdose. Immediately preceding the onset of the attack he took a 51 mg/kg dose of ibuprofen. He had other causes of acute pancreatitis excluded by...

Recently we have read an interesting case with bortezomib-induced pancreatitis in JOP. Journal of the Pancreas (Online) by Elouni et al. [1]. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first reported case of bortezomib-induced acute pancreatitis in the English literature. We know that drug-induced pancreatitis is rare and each year the list of drugs associated with acute pancreatitis increases....