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A case study and review of pancreatitis in the AIDS population
Arvind J Trindade1, AnnMarie Huysman, Shirish S Huprikar
1Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1470 Madison Ave, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. arvind.trindade@mssm.edu
Abstract:
This case study considers a 55-year-old African American woman with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who presented with epigastric abdominal pain for 1 week. She was found to have pancreatitis on computed tomography scanning. Unique to this case are the numerous possible etiologies of her pancreatitis. Thus, this case study systematically reviews the different etiologies of pancreatitis in the AIDS population compared to the general population. Furthermore it discusses the management and treatment of pancreatitis in AIDS.
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