A case of chronic pancreatitis associated with liver infarction and acrodermatitis enteropathica

Korean J Intern Med. 2002 Dec;17(4):263-5. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2002.17.4.263.

Abstract

Liver infarction and acrodermatitis enteropathica are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis. This report shows the case of a 56-year-old man who developed liver infarction due to portal vein thrombosis from chronic pancreatitis and acrodermatitis enteropathica during the course of his treatment. The rare combination of these complications in a patient with chronic pancreatitis has never previously been reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acrodermatitis / etiology*
  • Acrodermatitis / pathology
  • Acrodermatitis / therapy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Liver / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Portal Vein
  • Venous Thrombosis / complications
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology
  • Zinc / administration & dosage
  • Zinc / deficiency

Substances

  • Zinc