Acute pancreatitis : complication of chicken pox in an immunocompetent host

Roy, P.; Maity, P.; Basu, A.; Dey, S.; Das, B.; Ghosh, U.S.

Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 60: 54-55

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772
PMID: 23781673
Document Number: 656951
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.

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