Acute pancreatitis after ingestion of ibuprofen in a 16-year-old boy
Bruusgaard-Mouritsen, M.E.; Leerhøy, B.; Hansen, M.B.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 177(28)
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 26239856 Document Number: 683523
This is a case report of a 16-year-old boy with possible drug-induced pancreatitis (DIP) caused by ibuprofen. The patient had a history of psychiatric, but no somatic, disease, and he was admitted with a clinical presentation consistent with acute pancreatitis after a bolus ingestion of 10 g of ibuprofen in a suicidal attempt. No evidence of other causality for acute pancreatitis was identified. The patient was treated with a standard pancreatitis treatment regime and was discharged against medical advice after four days. The case represents a possible causality between ibuprofen and DIP.