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Journal of Case Reports
Enteric Fever Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis
Subrata Chakrabarti, Koushik Pan
From the Department of General Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (S.S.K.M. Hospital), Kolkata-700020, West Bengal, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti
Email: subratachakrabarti2011@gmail.com
Received: 14-FEB-2014 Accepted: 24-MAR-2014 Published Online: 15-APR-2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2014.0031
Abstract
Enteric fever (or typhoid) is a common infectious disease worldwide, especially in developing countries like India. We report a case of a 27 year old patient who presented with fever and abdominal pain and was eventually diagnosed as having enteric fever complicated by acute pancreatitis. Enteric fever presenting as acute pancreatitis is a rare entity and must be considered in endemic areas like India, in patients presenting with fever and concomitant severe abdominal pain as any delay in timely institution of treatment can prove fatal. There are very few case reports in the world which have depicted this unusual association.
Keywords : Pancreatitis, Typhoid Fever, Abdominal pain, Fever, Humans.
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