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Thirty patients with leukemia and lymphoma have been treated at our institution with high doses of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C). Gastrointestinal symptoms were frequent after therapy, and 6 of the 30 patients had severe abdominal pain. Of the six, two had pancreatitis; two had normal amylase and lipase determinations; and in two, neither amylase nor lipase levels were determined. The two patients with pancreatitis are presented because this complication of high-dose Ara-C therapy has not been described. The authors conclude that pancreatitis can follow high-dose Ara-C chemotherapy and that patients with abdominal pain following this treatment be evaluated for pancreatitis.
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PMID:High-dose cytosine arabinoside-associated pancreatitis. 241 82

Extrahepatic manifestations due to an immunologic response to a surface antigen of hepatitis B virus have been identified. These include a serum sicknesslike syndrome and a necrotizing vasculitis. The latter is far more important and in indistinguishable histologically from nonhepatitis related polyarteritis. At least 90 cases have been reported in the decade since 1970, and five are added here. The necrotizing vasculitis syndrome results from fibrinoid necrosis and inflammation of small and medium-sized arterial walls recognizable angiographically by arterial microaneurysms and often by visceral infarction and hemorrhage. Renal failure is common and often associated with pulmonary edema. Gastrointestinal symptoms are a prominent feature due to bowel ischemia. Infarction and perforation are significant causes of morbidity and mortality. Necrotizing vasculitis is also one cause of pancreatitis and of cholecystitis. Plain films, contrast studies, computed tomography, and sonography have been shown to be useful in the recognition of these complications.
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PMID:Radiologic recognition of extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis B antigenemia. 611 55

There are increasing challenges for the practising gastroenterologist in treating AIDS-related gastrointestinal diseases. The differential diagnoses of dysphagia and odynophagia include cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, non-specific aphthous ulceration and non-AIDS oesophageal diseases, especially reflux oesophagitis. Chronic subacute abdominal pain with nausea, vomiting, early satiety and weight loss is suggestive of an obstructive lesion caused by lymphoma or Kaposi's sarcoma. Severe acute abdominal pain can indicate pancreatitis or intestinal perforation due to cytomegalovirus. Right upper quadrant pain (with or without fever, vomiting or abnormal liver function tests with a cholestatic profile) is suggestive of hepatobiliary pathology including cholecystitis, cholangitis, acalculous cholecystitis and AIDS cholangiopathy. Diarrhoea is the most common gastrointestinal symptom of AIDS, affecting 50-90% of patients. Causes of AIDS diarrhoea include protozoa (Cryptosporidium parvum, Isospora belli, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Septata intestinalis, Cyclospora spp, Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia), bacteria (Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, Clostridium difficile, Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter jejuni), and viruses (CMV, HSV and possibly HIV). Chronic diarrhoea, malnutrition and weight loss can shorten the life-span of patients with AIDS. Elemental diets, isotonic formulas, medium chain triglycerides and total parenteral nutrition have been tried with little success in AIDS patients with severe diarrhoea and wasting.
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PMID:AIDS and the gut. 805 32

Gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with SLE are common, specifically abdominal pain. However, the rate of pancreatic diseases is much lower and does not reach 5% according to published series in Europe and the USA. This association between SLE and pancreatic disease is basically at the expense of episodes of acute pancreatitis. An association with chronic pancreatitis is much more uncommon, and only four articles have been published showing this relationship. Three cases of SLE-associated pancreatitis are described, and disease onset, etiological factors, and clinical progression are analyzed. A review of the literature and a brief discussion about pathophysiological mechanisms and the role of corticosteroids are also included.
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PMID:Pancreatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus. 1978 98

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, with multisystemic involvement. Gastrointestinal symptoms are common, like nausea, vomiting and dyspepsia. Acute pancreatitis is an unusual manifestation of SLE, being an important differential diagnosis in evaluation of abdominal pain. The patients usually presents with pain of variable intensity, some occasions simulating acute abdomen. Several factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of this condition, such as vasculitis, drugs and antiphospholipid antibodies. The role of corticosteroids as etiologic factor remains controversial. Due to the rarity of SLE associated to pancreatitis, we report two cases of patients with severe inflammatory process. In one case, it was used corticosteroids in high doses during treatment, with good outcome. In another, the patient died because of pancreatic pseudocyst rupture and its postoperative hemodynamic complications. In the reported cases, predisposing factors for acute pancreatitis were not verified, so it was considered a primary manifestation of SLE activity.
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PMID:[Acute pancreatitis and spontaneous rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst in systemic lupus erythematosus]. 2071 Oct 96

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) may manifest with swelling of the face, extremities, and upper airways. Gastrointestinal symptoms are also common and may include abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. However, pancreatic involvement is rare and has been reported only in a few adults with previously diagnosed HAE. We describe a 6-year-old boy who presented with recurrent severe abdominal pain accompanied by an elevation in pancreatic enzyme levels, without subcutaneous or cutaneous angioedema. His symptoms had begun 18 months earlier, and he was hospitalized several times before the present admission with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. More comprehensive analysis yielded low levels of C2, C4, CH50, and C1 esterase inhibitor, establishing the diagnosis of HAE. One year after diagnosis, swelling of the extremities appeared for the first time. This is the first report of a child in whom pancreatic disease was the presenting symptom of HAE. HAE should be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent pancreatitis in children.
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PMID:Hereditary Angioedema Presenting as Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis. 2681 27

We present a case with extremely late diagnosis of type II hereditary angioedema (HAE). Given recent advances in HAE treatment, we want to bring physician awareness to this condition and aid in earlier detection. HAE is a disorder associated with episodes of angioedema of the face, larynx, lips, abdomen, or extremities. Late diagnosis of HAE can lead to significant morbidity and is severely impairing due to recurring attacks. The diagnosis of HAE is ordinarily made during childhood and adolescence. Delayed diagnoses in early and middle adulthood have been documented in the literature. Gastrointestinal symptoms are common features of HAE and can be misdiagnosed as disease of primary gastrointestinal pathology, such as irritable bowel syndrome, recurrent pancreatitis, or appendicitis. These attacks are characterized by recurrent attacks of subcutaneous and submucosal edema without the presence of urticaria.We present a case of an elderly veteran whose diagnoses was extremely delayed into the eighth decade of life subsequent to unexplained abdominal symptoms. After diagnosis, the patient's symptoms were well controlled with medication due to advances in HAE treatment. To prevent further atypically delayed diagnoses, physicians should consider HAE in patients with recurrent attacks of unexplained abdominal pain.
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PMID:Extremely Delayed Diagnosis of Type II Hereditary Angioedema: Case Report and Review of the Literature. 2959 Apr 44