Open AccessUnusual presentation of acute pancreatitis in falciparum malaria
Author(s) -
SomakKumar Das,
Saikat Ghosh,
Anand Sharma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.129188
Subject(s) - acute pancreatitis , malaria , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , pancreatitis , intensive care medicine , immunology , surgery
Malaria is known for its protean manifestations and multi systemic complications. Acute pancreatitis as a consequence of falciparum malaria is rare in the literature. We report a case of falciparum malaria complicated by acute pancreatitis.
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