Literature DB >> 19263694

Acute abdomen due to acute pancreatitis--a rare presentation of leptospirosis.

P Baburaj1, T Antony, Francy Louis, B L Harikrishnan.   

Abstract

Even though, Leptospiral infection is not uncommon, it can have different rare presentations. Acute pancreatitis is one such rare gastrointestinal manifestation of acute pancreatitis. Apart from the typical clinical features; elevated serum lipase or elastase-1, along with radiological evidence and positive leptospiral serology confirms this rare association.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 19263694

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Assoc Physicians India        ISSN: 0004-5772


  4 in total

1.  Pancreatitis and myocarditis followed by pulmonary hemorrhage, a rare presentation of leptospirosis- a case report and literature survey.

Authors:  Nuwan Ranawaka; Vijayabala Jeevagan; Panduka Karunanayake; Saroj Jayasinghe
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2013-01-24       Impact factor: 3.090

Review 2.  Acute pancreatitis and vasoplegic shock associated with leptospirosis - a case report and review of the literature.

Authors:  Alexander Maier; Rafael Kaeser; Robert Thimme; Tobias Boettler
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2019-05-08       Impact factor: 3.090

3.  A rare case of complicated pancreatitis due to leptospirosis.

Authors:  Priyam Batra; Srikanth Gopi; E V Vinayraj; K V P Saikiran; Jawed Ahmed; Piyush Pathak; Deepak Gunjan; Kiran Bala; Urvashi B Singh; Rama Chaudhry
Journal:  Indian J Med Microbiol       Date:  2022-08-01       Impact factor: 1.347

4.  Acute painless pancreatitis as an unusual presentation of leptospirosis in a low-incidence country.

Authors:  Ami Schattner; Ina Dubin; Yair Glick; Elizabeth Nissim
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2020-08-24
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