Acute pancreatitis in coxsackie B infection.

Abstract

A woman aged 27 who had been previously healthy and had no history of gall bladder or liver disease fell ill on 4 September with pyrexia, arthalgia, and pain in the right chest. On 9 September she had exanthema and severe abdominal pain and was admitted to hospital. During the following week she developed a fulminant picture of acute pancreatitis, with high-grade fever, hypotension, and tachy- cardia. She vomited and developed paralytic ileus of seven days' on 8 July 2023 by guest.