Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Amoebic Liver Abscess

We present a rare case of acute pancreatitis in a 50-year-old man with amoebic liver abscess. He had a right lobe liver abscess along with markedly elevated serum lipase and amylase levels and edematous pancreas. Liver abscess was aspirated. The patient was managed conservatively with antibiotics a...

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Main Authors: Jayant Kumar Ghosh, Vinod Kumar Dixit, Sangey Chopel Lamtha, Sundeep Kumar Goyal, Pankaj Kaushik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/717393