[Acute pancreatitis after ingestion of ibuprofen in a 16-year-old boy]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 Jul 6;177(28):V12140671.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Ibuprofen / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis / chemically induced*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatitis / therapy
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Ibuprofen