Acute pancreatitis : complication of chicken pox in an immunocompetent host

Pinaki Roy; Pranab Maity; Arindam Basu; Somitra Dey; Biman Das; U S Ghosh

Acute pancreatitis : complication of chicken pox in an immunocompetent host

J Assoc Physicians India. 2012 Dec:60:54-5.

Authors

Pinaki Roy¹, Pranab Maity, Arindam Basu, Somitra Dey, Biman Das, U S Ghosh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata.

PMID: 23781673

Abstract

Chicken pox is a benign self limited disease. But it may rarely be complicated with acute pancreatitis in otherwise healthy patient. We present a case of varicella pancreatitis and its marked recovery with acyclovir.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Adult
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Chickenpox / complications*
Chickenpox / drug therapy
Humans
Immunocompetence*
Male
Pancreatitis / drug therapy
Pancreatitis / immunology
Pancreatitis / virology*
Young Adult

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Acyclovir